Discussing Race and Racism For Parents and Educators
Not only are you looking to be work towards anti-racism for yourself, but you are also making that a priority for the young people in your life - Thank you!
Look to your broader community for support - take encouragement and strategies from blogs, school administration, the AEA, or anybody else that motivates your progress.
The resources listed below are not mutually exclusive. Those grouped for parents may be beneficial to classroom teachers and paraprofessionals. The opposite is true as well. Use what speaks to you and your journey towards anti-racism.
For PreK-12 Educators
Discussing race can be difficult, especially in a classroom of young people. The resources listed below provide tools for making those discussions more meaningful.
For Parents
Parents and caregivers, your children are watching you. Modeling anti-racism in your actions and what you are teaching your children has a huge impact on their personal development.
These resources will get you started, but keep learning. And when you mess up (because you will, everyone does!), show your children how to accept feedback with grace.
Reading List
Source: Something Happened in Our Town, written by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivion, read by Saladin Allah, YouTube
The Other Side by ISBN: 0399231161Publication Date: 2001-01-15
Can I Touch Your Hair? by ISBN: 9781512404425Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Ghost Boys by ISBN: 9780316262286Publication Date: 2018-04-17
March by ISBN: 9780606324366Publication Date: 2013-08-13
New Kid by ISBN: 9780062691200Publication Date: 2019-02-05
Not My Idea by ISBN: 9781948340007Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by ISBN: 9780316453691Publication Date: 2020-03-10
All American Boys by ISBN: 9781481463331Publication Date: 2015-09-29
Born a Crime by ISBN: 9780399588174Publication Date: 2016-11-15
Dreamland Burning by ISBN: 9780316384933Publication Date: 2017-02-21
The Hate U Give by ISBN: 9780062498533Publication Date: 2017-02-28
How It Went Down by ISBN: 9780805098693Publication Date: 2014-10-21
The Poet X by ISBN: 9780062662804Publication Date: 2018-03-06- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by ISBN: 9780316453691Publication Date: 2020-03-10
We Want to Do More Than Survive by ISBN: 9780807069158Publication Date: 2019-02-19
"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" by ISBN: 9780465003969Publication Date: 2003-01-17
