'I will be always learning': Khloé Kardashian on raising a Black daughter as a white mom

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Khloe Kardashian is working on educating her Black daughter – and herself – about race and inclusivity.

The "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star, who shares daughter, True, 3, with Tristan Thompson, opened up about how she will navigate conversations about race during the "Role Model" podcast Monday.

"I will be always learning and trying to do the best I can do as being her mom, but I'm obviously not a woman of color. But I do want her to be exposed to as much inclusion, but variety as possible," Kardashian said.

Though she acknowledged some parents "get uncomfortable" when talking to their kids about race, she said these conversations are critical, because she doesn't want True "living in a bubble."

"We do have this very privileged life and I want her to know all types of life and all types of living and be very aware of that," Kardashian said.

Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson share a three-year-old daughter, True.
Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson share a three-year-old daughter, True.

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"Even if you do live in a bubble, whoever you are, I think that can be really jarring then when your kids are set free, then they're going to be so either devastated, hurt, traumatized, confused, overwhelmed."

Kardashian notes that she doesn't want to "overexpose" her daughter or "tell them things too young," but says it's important to educate True as best as she can "while still educating myself at the same time."

"It's our duty as parents to really expose them while they have the safety and security of their parents to communicate that with them and still guide them and help them instead of just letting them out into the free world and now they're like, 'Wait, I didn't hear about this, I had no idea this was what real life was.'"

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Kardashian previously addressed trolls who criticized her daughter's skin tone in September 2018, calling out commenters who apparently deleted their hateful posts after she responded.

“I dislike the fact that people are allowed to comment on my daughters skin color but as soon as I comment kindly back and praise her for all that she is, the comment gets erased. If you have the courage to post your nasty criticism please allow one to defend or comment back,” Kardashian tweeted at the time.

She added that, when she responds to people on social media, she tries to educate instead of shame.

“I try to put myself in their shoes & maybe they were brought up in a different type of household then I was,” she said. “In our household we do not see color. We see emotion and action. We see love. We feed off of energy.”

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Contributing: Jennifer McClellan

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Khloe Kardashian reflects on raising Black daughter as a white mom