LEARNING TOGETHER
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Anti-Racism Resources for Families Thought-provoking media to get your family talking and learning about race together As parents, we share the honor and serious responsibility of teaching our children to be thoughtful, educated members of society who identify and bravely take action against the racial injustice they see around them. The below list of resources provides a starting point to help your family explore systemic racism in age-appropriate ways.
LEARN + LEAD
Parents, it starts with us. The 30-Day Justice Plan By Shaan Merchant • ozy.com 103 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack (the “Equality Includes You” project) • medium.com 8 Can’t Wait (a project of Campaign Zero) • 8cantwait.org Practical and Important Ways White Americans Can Fight for Racial Justice by Annie Reneau • upworthy.com 6 Ways for Your Family to Give Back by Elisa Murray • parentmap.com
RESOURCES FOR HEALING + SELF-CARE
The following excellent resources are recommended to support the well-being of Black families and communities: Resources for Black Healing (compiled by Micalah Webster, MSW, MHSA) Self-Care Tips for Black People by Rachel Miller • vice.com Family-Care, Community-Care and Self-Care Tool Kit: Healing in the Face of Cultural Trauma (Community Healing Network) • abpsi.org Racial Stress and Self-Care: Tools and Tips for Parents (RESilience) • apa.org Supporting Kids of Color in the Wake of Racialized Violence (EmbraceRace) • embracerace.org
READ, FOLLOW, LISTEN
Titles and thought leaders for parents: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (Instagram | website) I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown (Instagram | website) Between the World and Me and The Water Dancer by Ta-nehisi Coates (Instagram | website) White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Race by Robin DiAngelo (website) Raising White Kids by Jennifer Harvey (website | podcast interview) Check Your Privilege: Live Into the Work by Myisha T Hill, Brandy Varnado, Jennifer Kinney, et al (Instagram | website) How to Be an Antiracist and Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (Instagram | website) So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (Instagram | website) Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad (Instagram | website | podcast) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson (Instagram | website | film) The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
GUIDES + WEB RESOURCES
Expert resources, recommendations and conversation building blocks for raising children to be thoughtful, informed and brave about race: Raising Race Conscious Children • raceconscious.org EmbraceRace: Webinars, action guides and book recommendations • embracerace.org (Instagram) Talking About Race, a Teaching Tolerance Guide • tolerance.org The Conscious Kid • theconsciouskid.org (Instagram) Anti-Racism Resources for Parents • bit.ly/antiracismresources Race Today: What Kids Know as They Grow and “Racing” Towards Equality: Why Talking to Your Kids About Race Is Good for Everyone (I-LABS) • modules.ilabs.uw.edu
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BOOKS FOR KIDS
A Is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara (preschoolers) Shades of People by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly (preschoolers) Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson (preschoolers) A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory (ages 5–9) This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell, illustrated by Aurélia Durand (middle grade) Ghost by Jason Reynolds (middle grade) All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely (middle grade) The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas (teen/YA) Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi (teen/YA) Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro (teen/YA) March by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell (teen/YA) For more titles, see: Books With Characters of Color and Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners (Common Sense Media) • commonsensemedia.org We Need Diverse Books • diversebooks.org These Books Can Help Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids (The New York Times) • nytimes.com
PODCASTS
Revisionist History • revisionisthistory.com Code Switch • npr.org This American Life • thisamericanlife.org Yo, Is This Racist? • earwolf.com Words Matter • wordsmattermedia.com Seeing White • sceneonradio.org
FILM
25 Mini-Films for Exploring Race, Bias and Identity With Students (The New York Times) • nytimes.com 12 Movies to Watch to Educate Yourself About Racism and Protest History, Recommended by Experts (Time) • time.com Black History Movies That Tackle Racism (Common Sense Media) • commonsensemedia.org