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31 Children’s Books to Support a conversations About Race

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31 Children’s Books to Support a conversations About Race

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Parents and other caregivers are seeking resources to help them hold children through the current, terrible wave of racialized violence, which is exacerbated by the tensions and vulnerabilities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. As scholars, writers, and parents who use books to connect with our children and spark conversations with them, we've developed this book list to help engage the broad range of emotions and needs of diverse children in our multiracial society. In some cases, we've highlighted worthy, albeit lesser-known titles. Some are older books, some are newer, and a few will publish later this year but are available for pre-order now. This list skews heavily towards #ownvoices books and is arranged alphabetically by title.

Please use these books to help you do the work of making the world a safer, more equitable place for all children.

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20 Picture Books for 2020: Readings to Embrace Race, Provide Solace &...

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A Mighty Girl's top picks of books for children and teens about real-life girls and women who fought for a more just, equal, and peaceful world.

When people think about what it means to love their country, some assume patriotism requires unwavering support, and that questioning or disagreeing with their government's choices is unpatriotic, disruptive, and even dangerous. But the truth is that dissent makes countries stronger: when citizens demand the best from their leaders and their countries - justice, accountability in government, and equal rights for all - everyone benefits. In fact, throughout history, progress for every country has come from people's willingness to stand up for what they believe in and insist on being heard, even if their beliefs counter those of the people in power. In other words, dissent isn't distracting or divisive: it's patriotic!

To explore this topic with children and teens, we've showcased 40 of our favorite books about girls and women who resisted - who dared to stand up against the laws and social norms of their day to fight for societies that were more just, tolerant, and equal. These people, from all walks of life, fought hard for causes they believed in, including women's suffrage, labor rights, civil rights, environmental protection, and more. They argued, they disagreed, and they protested - and today, we hail them as heroes whose courage and determination led to positive change and helped create a better future for everyone.

Books About Girls and Women Who Fought For Change

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Dissent Is Patriotic: 40 Books About Girls & Women Who Fought for Change

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A Mighty Girl's top picks of books for children and teens about real-life girls and women who fought for a more just, equal, and peaceful world. When people think about what it means to love their country, some assume patriotism requires unwavering support, and that questioning or disagreeing with their government's choices is unpatriotic, disruptive, and even dangerous.

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Looking for books about racism? Experts suggest these must-read titles for adults and kids - USA TODAY

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Amid protests around the country centered around racism and police brutality, books have arisen as an important resource.

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Amid the pandemic, Asian American people continue to experience racism, violence and harassment. These resources can help you teach the historical precedents for this moment, introduce ways for students to recognize and speak up against coronavirus racism, and start conversations with even the youngest learners about recognizing and acting to address injustice.

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Learning for Justice | Education Resources

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Learning for Justice provides free resources to educators-teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners-who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.

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A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory

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a poem about race

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What non-Indigenous Canadians need to know

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Eddy Robinson is an educator on Indigenous issues. He explains why asking "How Can I Help?" is not the right question.

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The Skin We're In: Pulling back the curtain on racism in Canada - CBC Docs POV

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Animation Series: Something Happened In Our Town (#AtlantisBuild)

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IFrom magical adventures to save the world, to contemporary romance and coming-of-age books, black stories of joy are equally important to police brutality/racism books and must be shared just as much!
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So I compiled a list of novels/series with black lead characters from all the genres of YA:
• Dread Nation & Deathless Divide by @justina.ireland
• A Dream So Dark & A Blade So Black by @ll_mckinney
• Opposite of Always by @justinwritesya
• Kingdom of Souls by @renathedreamer
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• The Belles & The Everlasting Love by @brownbookworm
• Children of Blood and Bone & Children of Virtue and Vengeance by @tomiadeyemi
• On the Come Up by @angiethomas
• Not So Pure and Simple by @lamargiles
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• Pride by @ibizoboi
• A Phoenix First Must Burn by @whimsicalaquarian and contributors
• The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by @brandycolbert
• Daughters of Nri by @renikamayo
• The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by @benphilippe
• Calling My Name by @liaratamani
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• The Poet X, With the Fire on High, & Clap When You Land by @acevedowrites
• The Black Veins by @ashiawrites
• SLAY by @brittneymmorris
• The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by @junauda
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• War Girls by @treize64
• The Black Flamingo by @deanatta
• Color Me In by @natashaerikadiaz
• Monday’s Not Coming by @writeinbk
• Let’s Talk About Love by @kannclaire
• Inventing Victoria by Tonya Bolden
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• I Wanna Be Where You Are by @kristinaforest_
• Felix Ever After by @kacen.callender
• Black Girl Unlimited by @helloechobrown
• Odd One Out & Jackpot by @nicstone
• Pet by @azemezi
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• A River of Royal Blood by @amandajoywrites
• Who Put This Song On? by @morganapple0
• The Weight of the Stars by @k.ancrum
• All Boys Aren’t Blue by @iamgmjohnson
• If It Makes You Happy by @kannclaire
• Oh My Gods by @alexsheppard19
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• Home and Away by @camstagram.jpg
• When You Were Young & The Beauty that Remains by @ashwrites
• Watch Us Rise by @harlemportland & @ellenhagan
• Full Disclosure by @tomboy2020
• The Voice In My Head by @danaldavisauthor
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• Fate of Flames by @s_raughley
• Good Luck Girls by @cndwrites
• The Voting Booth by @brandycolbert

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Have you ever wondered about what life is like in other countries? Are you curious about school, sport or culture in other parts of the world? If you answer yes, well we have a podcast for you! This Global Life is a conversation amongst curious young people from all over the world.

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Appreciating our shared humanity during crisis

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Appreciating our shared humanity during crisis

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Our dream is for as many children around the world to hear the story of Hope where are you? and for parents, carers and key adults to use it to support children during the time of COVID-19. The book is available as a free download from this website as well as being available on Apple Books, the Amazon Kindle Store and the Google Play Store.

The authors acknowledge that many children and families will not have access to the book for several reasons. However, as many individuals and families want to contribute to positive changes in our local and global communities during these challenging times, the authors would like to encourage a donation - from those who can afford it - to which supports the world's most vulnerable children.UNICEF COVID-19 Response

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Our dream is for as many children around the world to hear the story of Hope where are you? and for parents, carers and key adults to use it to support children during the time of COVID-19.

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Books, podcasts, movies, websites. Educate yourself.

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Jason Reynolds - author for Middle Grades. 

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Jason Reynolds - author for Middle Grades. 

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Jason Reynolds has reimagined Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning for a Grade 6+ audience.

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Jason has won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent for his first work of prose and seven more novels followed in the next four years.

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10 Tips for Reading Picture books with Children through a Race-Conscious Lens

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10 Tips for Reading Picture books with Children through a Race-Conscious Lens

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Questions and strategies to use with any picture book from EmbraceRace.org

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How can caregivers and educators best guide children to and through picture books with positive racial representations? How can we also support kids in resisting or reading against racist content? These tips draw on the Whole Book Approach (WBA, which I created in association with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art) and other resources to highlight how picture books can provoke meaningful, transformative conversations between children and adults that "embrace race."

1. Draw on expert resources to find and assess diverse books.

In our Talking Race & Kids online conversation, we highlighted We Need Diverse Books and its Our Story App, but suggested many other great resources, too.

2. Conduct a collection/storytime diversity audit.

How many books by/about People of Color and Native/First Nations people do you count? How many are #OwnVoices titles? What goals can you set?

3. Recognize and leverage the difference between reading to children and reading with children.

Storytimes often use performance methods that position children as an audience with adults reading to them. Shifting to instead read with children through co-constructive models like the WBA can support kids' critical engagement with picture book representations of race by affirming that their ideas matter.

4. Ask open-ended questions with embedded art and design vocabulary to engage children's visual literacy.

The WBA uses questions inspired by Visual Thinking Strategies: "What do you see happing in this picture? What do you see that makes you say that? What else can we find?" It also asks questions about art and design, such as why a book uses a portrait or landscape layout, or how endpapers can provide clues about a story. Ensuing discussions expose how creative processes involve choices, which, by extension, can support kids' understanding that words' and pictures' representations of race are ripe for analysis, too.

5. Intentionally integrate discussion about representations of race into shared reading.

Librarian Jessica Anne Bratt offers these tips, adapted from her google doc, "Talking about Race at Storytime":

It's okay to point out racial differences in picture books: "Is that skin color darker or lighter than yours? How would you describe this skin color? Or yours? Or mine?"

Share your feelings about race and racism when reading together: "It makes me sad that laws allowed certain groups of people like African-Americans to be treated differently."

Use "fair/unfair" when talking about racial stereotypes or exclusion in picture books: "Wow, this picture book only includes White male inventors. That's unfair. Did you know that ____ created things, too? Let's read about some famous ____ inventors."

Embrace cultural and racial differences, and reinforce that "different" and "weird" aren't the same. "Why is her hair weird?" "Her hair is different from yours. Some people have straight, curly, or wavy hair. It's great that we're different."

Respect children's curiosity by responding to their hard questions and sometimes embarrassing observations, or by admitting gaps in your knowledge. "Let me think about that for a while," or "That's a good question" or "I don't know" can be great replies.

6. Use other questions (like these adapted from Lissa Paul) to get kids talking about how words and pictures can reflect, reinforce, or challenge systems of power:

Whose story is this?

Who is the reader?

When and where was the book written? By whom?

Who is named? And who isn't?

Who gets punished? Praised?

Who speaks? Who is silenced?

Who acts? Who is acted upon?

Who looks? Who is observed?

7. Paraphrase and link comments to reinforce ideas and model active listening.

Paraphrasing helps kids feel heard and can let them clarify remarks. Linking ideas fosters collaboration so that many voices make meaning of a text.

8. Welcome diverse responses and interpretations.

In "The Acid Test for Literature Teaching," reader response theorist Louise Rosenblatt writes, "Books don't only happen to readers. Readers also happen to books." It follows that one text can elicit many responses grounded in readers' particular experiences and perspectives.

9. Stretch beyond your readings/interpretations to center children's responses.

Scholar, Aidan Chambers, asserts that using open-ended questions and leading with the phrase, "Tell me..." can foster children's comfort in taking risks in their discussions about books.

10. Be mindful of power dynamics at storytime, starting with the fact that all children exist under adult authority.

How can you empower them? Strive, especially, to hold space for children of marginalized identities addressing exclusion, and for those voicing concern about representation of "mirror" characters.

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10 Tips for Reading Picture Books with Children through a Race-Conscious Lens

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How can caregivers and educators best guide children to and through picture books with positive racial representations? How can we also support kids in resisting or reading against racist content?

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BLACK PICTURE BOOKS THAT AREN’T ABOUT BOYCOTTS, BUSES OR BASKETBALL

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BLACK PICTURE BOOKS THAT AREN’T ABOUT BOYCOTTS, BUSES OR BASKETBALL

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For Trinity Thompson, the decision of whether or not to address high-profile killings of black people with her second-graders was a no-brainer. She was teaching in Harlem soon after Eric Garner was killed by a police officer in a nearby New York City borough.

"How do I respond to this?" Thompson recalls asking herself. "And then from there, it was like, How do I respond to this- again?" Each time news reports covered another black person dying at the hands of police, her students-most of whom were black-asked more and more difficult questions. A career-long social justice educator, Thompson was committed to a response that focused not only on the problem, but also on how people were resisting it and seeking solutions.

And that meant teaching second-graders about Black Lives Matter (BLM).

She knew it was risky. When the Black Lives Matter movement comes up in conversation, it is often characterized in one of two ways: as the work of strategic activists drawing attention to and combating issues that harm black people, black communities and humanity at large, or as a movement marked by violent outbursts and driven by an exclusionary, racist, anti-police agenda.

This split gives some educators pause when it comes to teaching about BLM. Others embrace the topic, recognizing it as an opportunity to teach about collective action and to link past racial justice movements to the present. But all educators, by virtue of the fact that their students have either direct or mediated exposure to Black Lives Matter, should know the basic facts about the movement's central beliefs and practices.

Not all of us are like Thompson; the students who sit in front of us daily are not always directly affected by the killing of unarmed black people or any of the other injustices that plague our nation. But as teachers who function as caretakers, truth-seekers and advocates of justice, we can acknowledge how the threat of justice in one community is, to borrow from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a threat to justice in every community. We have a civic responsibility to be educated about Black Lives Matter and, as we learn, we must teach.

The Beginning and the Hashtag

The Black Lives Matter movement began with a commitment to ending police brutality and state-sanctioned violence and injustice against black people. It is also dedicated to affirming black people's "contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression," according to its founders. The movement was started by three black women-Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi-following the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman, a Florida man who had shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, the preceding year. Garza took to social media the night of that acquittal, stating in part, "Black people. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter." A year later, Michael Brown, another unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri; the officer was not indicted. Shortly thereafter, the internet was filled with messages of outcry and support that included #BlackLivesMatter.

Since the Ferguson action in 2014, BLM has taken shape as a multichapter national organization; 37 chapters currently operate in the United States, one in Canada. Many BLM chapters and other organizations that embrace the movement mobilize people to demonstrate in communities where police shootings have occurred and to convene at large gatherings-such as political rallies-to bring awareness to police brutality. The website of the original group, blacklivesmatter.com, also lists other types of local and national events, such as teach-ins, panels and Twitter chats, and encourages organizers to submit their own events.

In an October 2016 interview with TEDWomen, Cullors explained what the movement means to her.

"Black Lives Matter is our call to action. It is a tool to a reimagined world where black people are free to exist, free to live. It is a tool for our allies to show up differently for us," she said. "I grew up in a neighborhood that was heavily policed. I witnessed my brothers and my siblings continuously stopped and frisked by law enforcement. I remember my home being raided. And one of the questions, as a child, I had was why? Why us? Black Lives Matter offers answers to the why."

Myths and Criticisms

People who don't follow Black Lives Matter usually become aware of the movement when news sites report on BLM actions or protests. What many people don't realize is that the leadership also embraces policy change and legislation as necessary elements to end oppression of black people-and that the work and the leadership are not limited to the Black Lives Matter network.

One common misconception about the BLM movement is that it is leaderless. But there isn't one leader; there are many. "BLM is composed of many local leaders and many local organizations including Black Youth Project 100, the Dream Defenders, the Organization for Black Struggle, Hands Up United, Millennial Activists United, and the Black Lives Matter national network," organizers explain on the website. "We demonstrate through this model that the movement is bigger than any one person."

Another misconception is that the movement is solely a mechanism for protest. In fact, the many people and organizations with agendas and goals that overlap and align with BLM have produced detailed policy demands and proposals for institutional reforms. Campaign Zero, for example, outlines a list of policy proposals largely focused on ending police brutality. It is a strategy for addressing one of the most visible, damaging and deadly symptoms of systemic racism. The Movement for Black Lives, a collective of more than 50 organizations, advances a platform covering six areas of domestic-policy reform, including economic justice and investment in equitable education and health care instead of criminalization and incarceration.

Many people, however, view the BLM movement as violent, seeking to "sow a racial divide" and intent on interrupting the work of police officers commissioned to protect and serve the public. For example, Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, said in a television interview that the movement is "inherently racist" and "divides us." He further stated, "They don't mean 'black lives matter'; they mean 'let's agitate against the police matters.'"

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A White Families' Guide for Talking About Racism

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A White Families' Guide for Talking About Racism

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Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race - Books For Littles

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[Image description: Illustration from All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold & Suzanne Kaufman. Children of various races and faiths pointing to locations on a world map.] If you're nervous about talking about race with your kids, these books about racial diversity will give you an easy place to start destigmatizing difference & celebrating racial diversity. Bold and *marked books are written or illustrated by #OwnVoices makers of color. Books For Littles(BFL) is free and accessible for readers who can't afford a paywall. Posts may contain affiliate links, which allow me to earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Check out the full affiliate disclosure along with the BFL statement of accountability. If you get books at your local library (please do!), an even better way to support BFL is on Patreon.
Anti-Racism For Beginners: Part 1

Acknowledging & Celebrating Racial Diversity

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" How do I teach my kids to be anti-racist when I'm still learning myself?" - Anonymous, Books For Littles Facebook Group

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It's normal to get flustered when when our children talk about race. But if we let nervousness keep us silent and still, our fear becomes a weapon.

Growing up, I was told that discrimination would magically disappear if we stop acknowledging racial difference. All people are the same. Skin color doesn't matter. Only bad people are racist. If we are all nice and well-behaved, racism will go away.

This is the fallacy of colorblind ideology. It's a tool to keep us complicit in white supremacy. Don't be a tool.

We must talk about race with young kids. Racism thrives in silence.

When we refuse to talk about race at an early age, children absorb our silence as shame. We're taught that if we have nothing nice to say - say nothing at all. Well - white folks are aggressively silent when it comes to race! Does that mean that being Brown or Black is something to be ashamed of?

Kids pick up when we refuse to acknowledge racial difference - and how we treat people of color. Why are we surprised then, to see nice, well-behaved children reflect unconscious bias against people of color, then grow into adults who blame people of color for violence and harm against them?
(It's your job to be that adult.)
Your child needs at least one adult to speak truth to BS about racial assumptions.

My White mother who openly talked about race from birth - and how society would perceive and treat me because of my multiracial heritage. She raised me to understand that discrimination against me was not my fault. Violence would happen to me because of my race, my gender, my class but it wasn't caused by me - it was caused by white supremacy.

The Mominator refused to let me internalize the idea that I deserved racism. To do that, she first needed to acknowledge my race and the fact that I would have obstacles in life that white kids didn't.

We can help our children understand racism - and empower them to work toward racial equality.

Raise kids of color to feel proud of their culture and their right to self-advocate.

Raise white kids to recognize their duty to stand up against injustice.

But first, you've gotta acknowledge that racial differences - even though they are an imaginary, human-imagined construct, exist as a real thing in our society, with real-life impact on real-life people.

Start by telling our kids that yes - we do see skin color and racial identities.

For folks who were never given space to talk about racism and discrimination as kids (or even racial diversity), it's scary to start. We don't want to say the wrong thing and mess it up.

No worries, we are going to start very gently with non-controversial, easygoing books that just show kids that racial diversity exists. In future collections, we'll get into more emotionally loaded topics - like racial discrimination, racial privilege, colorism, and the subtle tools that uphold white supremacy, such as white fragility and respectability politics.

And this diversity is glorious.

Acknowledge & Celebrating Racial Diversity

From two anonymous BFL members:

"My daughter came home saying she didn't like her brown skin and wanted white skin and 'bright' hair instead. I'm looking for books that reinforce pride in who she is."

"My white daughter said to me the other day, 'I don't like dark skin. ' I ran to the internet to research books like these."

Yikes.

Use these comments as learning opportunities. Read these books to discuss biases they've absorbed during a quiet time home together (story time!) Encourage kids to speak bias aloud so they can hear how ridiculous it sounds, think about where it comes from, and realize how it develops.

When children point out that they like particular skin tones, body shapes, or hair textures more than others - don't shout at them or insist they are wrong. Kids this age can't untangle feelings from fact. Shaming them for a gut reaction is just going to get them to clam up.

Instead, help them untangle bias from fact on their own. Ask why they feel this way. Use in an open, non-judgemental tone. Keep asking questions to unpack these assumptions. We're not here to tell them what to think, we're here to model critical thinking about racial bias moving forward.

Discuss how all bodies are good bodies - how we differ, and what we have in common.

All Are Welcome, *Lovely, We're Different, We're The Same

Acknowledge & Celebrate Cultural Diversity

When we over-simplify racism, we tell kids that racism is simply bias against people based on skin color - it's not.

(That's colorism, another problem we can tackle later.)

Racism expands beyond skin color - it's assumptions and discrimination against individuals and groups of people, based on racial identity. This includes not just skin color, but also cultural norms and behavior, language, and other markers of racial and ethnic identity.
How do we counter the entrenched dominant narrative's focus on whiteness?
White supremacy is assuming that racism would be over if people of color just assimilated and acted more like white people, that assimilation is even a goal for people of color, and that non-white culture is deviant or inferior to whiteness.

Read stories that show how people of color are not monolithic - we're complex individuals who can't be reduced to the caricatures of mainstream media. Our ethnic heritage is something valuable worth exploring, and our ancestors traditions, achievements, and challenges have an impact on who we are today.
*On The Day You Begin, *Where Are You From?, *Alma And How She Got Her Name
But our race and ethnicity is not the only thing that defines us. Show kids how we all have a right to pride in our heritage - just not at the expense of punching down another culture.

Not pictured: *Islandborn is another lovely book, which I recommend with reservations. In 2018, several survivors came forth about Junot Díaz's problematic behavior toward women. One of these reports has been shown to have been overblown - but I'm not comfortable with the way we're dismissing all survivors of his actions because of this. The book itself is great - so I'll let you decide how to move forward with all that on your own.

Explain How Diversity Makes Us Stronger

Having a broad range of experiences to draw from, mindsets to brainstorm, and abilities to solve the problems facing humanity is a very good thing. Human diversity is good for all of humanity and evolution and stuff. I am pretty sure this is SCIENCE.

The idea that winnowing humanity into one make-believe-super-race, or segregating us all into silos based on our racial identity sounds ABSURD. Right? RIGHT?!

Obviously some families are not absorbing the fact that genetic diversity is good for society and the fate of humanity, so we have to make this clear. That whole 'melting pot' assimilation thing our teachers celebrated 20 years ago turned out to be a bad idea.

What we need is more of a chunky stew, with folks proudly retaining and celebrating our individual racial and cultural identities while cognizant of the challenges and discrimination many groups face. These books help kids see how diversity makes us stronger.

Stay Curious, Stand Brave & Talk About Race

Don't stop here. Now that your kids understand that human skin, hair, and all of that stuff comes in a broad change of colors, shapes, and textures - help them see how all people deserve basic human rights, respect, and kindness.

Click here for part 2 of raising Anti-Racist Kids - Children's Books That Teach Kids About Social Power & Paternalism
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Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup - Pretty Good

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Your kids aren't too young to talk about race. Here are a few resources to get your started.

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Do you want to talk to your young child about issues of social justice, but don't know how? You're not alone-most adults find topics like race, gender, and class difficult to talk about with children. But if we don't find ways to talk about it, children will learn whatever they can glean from unspoken messages, and that doesn't often work out very well. The staff at CCS is always available to help you find strategies. Also, you may find some of the resources below useful.

"They're Not Too Young to Talk about Race"

Perhaps you've seen this infographic we made. Feel free to share with families and educators!

Click for screen-resolution JPG or print-resolution PDF (with clickable links).

Resources from Around the Internet
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What Can One Little Person Do?

Perhaps you heard the song "What Can One Little Person Do?" on our album, and don't know how to talk to your children about the historical figures mentioned. Here are one sentence answers you can use if your child asks, "Who is that?", plus suggestions for children's books about each of them.

Rosa Parks is famous for refusing to obey a law that said people with dark skin could only sit at the back when they rode the bus, and for helping to change unfair laws like that one. More reading: Rosa , by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier.

Fannie Lou Hamer worked to make sure black people would have the same right to vote as white people, even when people tried to scare her and hurt her. More reading: Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer , by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Ekua Holmes.

For a long time, an unfair law said that children with different color skin couldn't go to school together; Ruby Bridges was the first black child to go to a school with white children when the law changed. More reading: The Story of Ruby Bridges , by Robert Coles, Illustrated by George Ford; Ruby Bridges Goes to School , by Ruby Bridges.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a leader in the civil rights movement, who helped thousands of people come together to say that people should be treated fairly, no matter their skin color. More reading: Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr. , by Jean Marzollo, illustrated by J. Brian Pinkney.

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Social Justice Resources Do you want to talk to your young child about issues of social justice, but don't know how? You're not alone-most adults find topics like race, gender, and class difficult to talk about with children. But if we don't find ways to talk about it,

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National Black Lives Matter at School is an organization struggling for liberation and racial justice in education for Black youth, educators, and all youth of color. We are a Black-led and multi-ethnoracial collective of educators, parents, organizers, youth, and community folx who are committed to creating a more just world so that all people may be able to access their full humanity. We work to address racial justice in education by promoting restorative justice, advocating for mental health support, increasing Black teaching staff, ending police presence in schools, and mandating Black history and ethnic studies. We encourage all educators, students, parents, unions, and community organizations to join our annual week of action during the first week of February each year.​

Our collective is guided by core principles that are grounded in a Black Feminist framework. Political views that have brought us together in doing this work, deep revolutionary transformational politics, opposition to neoliberalism, corporate reforms in education, defend and transform unions, Black Queer feminist anticapitalist politics, abolitionist politics and approach to restorative and transformative justice.

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National coalition organizing for racial justice in education.

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The national Black Lives Matter At School coalition's brilliant Curriculum Committee worked this year to bring you lessons for every grade level the relate to the 13 principles of Black Lives Matter. Here is the 2020 Curriculum Resource Guide- free, downloadable lessons to challenge racism, oppression and build happy and healthy classrooms. Enjoy!

Teaching for Black Lives
Black Lives Matter in #PHLed: Lesson Resources Overview https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UHtJqY8xdDOZM5QY39aRgQURRu-9jZhXQxUe_T2yYG0/edit Seattle Center for Race and Equity: Black Lives Matter At School Lesson Plans http://www.seattlewea.org/center-for-race-equity/Black%20Lives%20Matter%20Week%20Resources/

Black Lives Matter in Schools Resources for Educators: Books, Videos, K-12 Lesson Plans, and more.
https://www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/black-lives-matter-resources Rochester City School District Resource Toolkit for School Staff https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ou2lkNO_1ijCJDfmasbAG8mx_7hvv1cHKmobhtcVLAk/edit

https://neaedjustice.org/black-lives-matter-school-resources/

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Announcing the 2020 Curriculum Resource Guide The national Black Lives Matter At School coalition's brilliant Curriculum Committee worked this year to bring you lessons for every grade level the relate to the 13 principles of Black Lives Matter. Here is the 2020 Curriculum Resource Guide--free, downloadable lessons to challenge racism, oppression and build happy and...

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A resource from the UN to help with building communities of cultural diversity and dealing with prejudice

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'Building Belonging' is a comprehensive toolkit of early education resources which includes an ebook, song with actions, educator guide, posters and lesson plans. It is focussed on encouraging respect for cultural diversity and tackling racial prejudice in early childhood settings.

2016

Building Belonging Toolkit PDF (23MB)

Building Belonging Toolkit Word (38MB)

'All My Friends and Me' is an ebook that tells the story of Pax and her friends at preschool as they explore their similarities and differences.
Click here for ebook

'Colours of Australia' is a song celebrating the diversity of Australia. There is an accompanying poster that demonstrates actions that complement the song.

Download Song in MP3

The song poster features the lyrics to the song 'Colours of Australia' and the characters from 'All my friends and me' demonstrating the complementary actions.

The Educator Guide serves as an introduction to the 'Building Belonging' toolkit of resources which supports early childhood educators in teaching children about cultural diversity and addressing prejudice in early childhood settings.

The 'Discussing cultural diversity with your child' parent poster offers suggestions to parents and carers including activity ideas and tips for responding to tricky questions.

The 'Let's make a rainbow' lesson prompts children to think about the similarities and differences between themselves and others.

The 'What's on the inside?' lesson introduces children to the principle that 'you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.'

The 'All my friends and me' lesson gives children the chance to explore their differences and similarities in a small group environment.

'Tackling tricky questions about racial identity' provides tips on how to embrace the opportunity presented by children's natural curiosity about difference.

'Encouraging respect for cultural diversity' provides suggestions for discussions and activities that can help educators to encourage respect for cultural diversity.

The 'Colours of Australia' poster shows the characters from 'All my friends and me' demonstrating the actions to the 'Colours of Australia' song.

The recipe sheet provides a template for services to ask families to share one of their favourite recipes from home. The recipes can be collated into a book.

The 'Responding to difficult questions about racial identity and cultural diversity' sheet provides educators with suggestions that can build their confidence in responding to difficult questions from children and families.

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Building belonging: A toolkit for early childhood educators on cultural diversity and responding to prejudice

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'Building Belonging' is a comprehensive toolkit of early education resources which includes an ebook, song with actions, educator guide, posters and lesson plans. It is focussed on encouraging respect for cultural diversity and tackling racial prejudice in early childhood settings.

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Provides a word each week that relates to racism and race. Explains through photos and beautifully read texts!

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The Conscious Kid is an Instagram account with lots of books and discussions about racism. They also have a Patreon with more stuff.

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Teaching Tolerance has been publishing a newsletter for a long time and is a trusted source for information always. Too rich a site with pull down menus for searching almost anything.

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Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators-teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners-who work with children from kindergarten through high school. These resources include classroom lessons, webinars, grants, podcasts, policy guides and much more. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.

The program emphasizes anti-bias and social justice. The anti-bias approach encourages children and young people to challenge prejudice and learn how to be agents of change in their own lives. Our Social Justice Standards show how anti-bias education works through the four domains of identity, diversity, justice and action.

Teaching Tolerance was founded in 1991 to prevent the growth of hate. We began by publishing Teaching Tolerance magazine and producing films chronicling the modern civil rights movement. Today, our community includes more than 500,000 educators who read our magazine, screen our films, visit our website, participate in our professional development workshops and webinars, use our curriculum or engage in our social media community.

Visit Tolerance.org to learn more.

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Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators-teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners-who work with children from kindergarten through high school. These resources include classroom lessons, webinars, grants, podcasts, policy guides and much more. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.

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Common Sense Media improves the lives of kids and families by providing independent reviews, age ratings, & other information about all types of media.

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We work to help leaders change their world-and the world needs changing. The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the loss of far too many Black lives to list, have left our nation anguished and outraged. While now is a time for grief and anger, it is also a time for resolve. Find resources below to learn what you can do to create a more just and equitable world.

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We work to help leaders change their world-and the world needs changing. The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the loss of far too many Black lives to list, have left our nation heartbroken and outraged. Find ways you can meet anguish with action.

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A New Zealand. Response to the Massacre at the Mosque

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A New Zealand. Response to the Massacre at the Mosque

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Podcaston the Benefits of Cultural Experiences

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Podcaston the Benefits of Cultural Experiences

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Balancing Cultures - Episode 4 Part 1: Why Should We Care About Kid's Books? Our Guest Today: Ann Heiliger is a fellow book lover, children's literature advocate, and my personal librarian. She's living back in her home town of Portland, OR (if only for Powell's), with her husband and 6 year old twins after years abroad and international teaching. Join us for a discussion about the importance of children's literature in building empathy, empowerment, connection and community. This is not just for parents. Everyone should understand more about the impact of books for the kids in their lives. Listen for perspectives on how books can be the ultimate tool in helping children with balancing cultures. Part 2 will include: Book Recommendations and Final Reflections on Why We Should Care About Kid's Books. If you have a question or comment, send an email to balancingcultures@gmail.com Or leave us a voicemail on anchor.fm/balancingcultures Follow Balancing Cultures: on Instagram @balancingcultures and on Facebook Balancing Cultures Balancing Cultures: International interviews about how cultural differences make life more interesting. Hope, humor, and thought-provoking questions. Host: Meghan Kitchen

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Episode 4 Part 1 - Why Should We Care About Kid's Books? by Balancing Cultures

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Episode 4 Part 1 - Why Should We Care About Kid's Books? by Balancing Cultures

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Balancing Cultures - Episode 4 Part 1: Why Should We Care About Kid's Books? Our Guest Today: Ann Heiliger is a fellow book lover, children's literature advocate, and my personal librarian. She's living back in her home town of Portland, OR (if only for Powell's), with her husband and 6 year old twins after years abroad and international teaching.

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Update: This booklist has been updated and added to since its initial publication.

Research from Harvard University suggests that children as young as three years old, when exposed to racism and prejudice, tend to embrace and accept it, even though they might not understand the feelings. By age 5, white children are strongly biased towards whiteness. To counter this bias, experts recommend acknowledging and naming race and racism with children as early and as often as possible. Children's books are one of the most effective and practical tools for initiating these critical conversations; and they can also be used to model what it means to resist and dismantle oppression.​

Beyond addressing issues of race and racism, this children's reading list focuses on taking action. It highlights resistance, resilience and activism; and seeks to empower youth to participate in the ongoing movement for racial justice. These books showcase the diverse ways people of all ages and races have engaged in anti-racist activism, and highlight how race intersects with other issues, such as capitalism, class and colonization. The majority of books center activists of color, whose lives and bodies have been on the front lines of racial justice work, yet whose stories often go untold. The essential work of white activists is also included - to underscore that anti-racist work is not the responsibility of people of color; and exemplify the ways white allies have stood up against racial injustice. This list was curated by critical literacy organizations, The Conscious Kid and American Indians in Children's Literature.

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31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance

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Update: This booklist has been updated and added to since its initial publication. Research from Harvard University suggests that children as young as three years old, when exposed to racism and prejudice, tend to embrace and accept it, even though they might not understand the feelings.

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Talking to your kids about racism can be tough. Here are some books to help get them thinking about it.

Written by Jael Ealey Richardson and illustrated by Matt James, Groundwood Books (AGES 4-9) A children's version of a book Richardson wrote about her dad, Chuck Ealey, The Stone Thrower tells the story of Chuck's life growing up as black kid in a then-racially segregated Portsmouth, Ohio. Chuck loved football, and though he faced many challenges, including poverty and racial taunts, he had an unbeaten record as a quarterback in both high school and university due to his determination. Even with all of this talent, he wasn't chosen to play that position in the NFL because of his race. Instead, he became a quarterback in the Canadian Football League, and in his first year, led his team (the Hamilton Tiger-Cats) to win the Grey Cup in 1972. $19, houseofanansi.com
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27 books to help you talk to your kids about racism

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Talking to your kids about racism can be tough. Here are some books to help get them thinking about it. Written by Jael Ealey Richardson and illustrated by Matt James, Groundwood Books (AGES 4-9) A children's version of a book Richardson wrote about her dad, Chuck Ealey, The Stone Thrower tells the story of Chuck's life growing up as black kid in a then-racially segregated Portsmouth, Ohio.