We don't need to wait for specific incidents to talk about racism with kids (especially white kids), but with the murder of #GeorgeFloyd, folks are thinking more about this. As a child psychologist in Mpls, I am getting questions about this, so here is a thread w/ resources. 1/
2/ Below are general guidelines as well as some links to specific books that can help start conversations with children about race, racism, anti-racism, and white privilege. Feel free to add your own!
3/ Books, including Something Happened in My Town (to discuss police-involved shootings/murders) and Not My Idea (for white families), and the reasoning behind reading them: charisbooksandmore.com/books-teach-wh…
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4/ If Black and other POC parents have to have 'the Talk' with their children to keep them safe, white kids need to be educated on how to be anti-racist & stand up for POC peers: npr.org/2019/04/24/716…
raceconscious.org
nais.org/magazine/indep…
understandingrace.org/resources/pdf/…
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5/ Adults, educate yourself (e. g.):
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by @BDTSpelman
White Fragility by Robin D'Angelo; MPR interview:
npr.org/2018/08/18/639…
My Grandmother's Hands by @ResmaaMenakem
Me & White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by @BDTSpelman
White Fragility by Robin D'Angelo; MPR interview:
npr.org/2018/08/18/639…
My Grandmother's Hands by @ResmaaMenakem
Me & White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
6/ ... and then build your library of books to be more representative (especially for white families!) #RepresentationMatters
bookriot.com/2018/09/19/chi…
socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/educ…
readbrightly.com/how-to-diversi…
commonsensemedia.org/blog/help-your…
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commonsensemedia.org/lists/apps-and…
bookriot.com/2018/09/19/chi…
socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/educ…
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commonsensemedia.org/blog/help-your…
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7/ And then, be an ally! (without asking POC to tell you what you can do - here are some starting ideas): broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/…
docs.google.com/document/d/1BR…
bustle.com/p/10-books-abo…
Add additional ideas below!
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Add additional ideas below!
8/ A google doc complication on raising anti-racist kids. Thanks to my dear colleague Dr. Danielle Vrieze for sharing this with me. docs.google.com/document/u/0/d…
