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understanding of ethnicity and race  

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  • Children's understanding of ethnicity and race undergoes dramatic transformation during childhood and adolescence. How children understand ethnicity and race has important implications for educational and social policy as well as interventions or programs designed to address interethnic relations, ethnic prejudice, ethnic identity development, and other attitudes and actions associated with race and ethnicity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Ethnicity and Race, Understanding of]

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