Racism is, as many people would like to disagree, still an extremely common bias people have ingrained in them from media: simple stereotypes and seemingly light-hearted caricatures (e.g. comparison of POC to apes or monkeys) can lead to systemic oppression, hate crimes, negligence of government aid and abolishment of basic human rights as a consequence of discrimination against any marginalized group or minority. Racism should be taught in a out through all the details - but I believe holding the stereotypes away until students have an understanding on how racism functions in our society is the most delicate way of doing so. I believe this would prevent and decrease the racially bias 'jokes' that cause so much harm today. Children of colour need to be protected: as a spanish student, I fell victim to simple mexican stereotypes - and those same piers wound up calling me the N word. Racism is here and you need to do more to protect us.