Saturday, May 30, 2020

10 Resources for Talking With Kids About Race


  1. How young is too young to talk about race? infographic from the Children's Community School
  2. God's Dream of Diversity: Celebrating Pentecost Grow Christians' Pentecost post from last year
  3. Episcopal Church Racial Reconciliation info page
  4. Time Magazine "Why White Parents Need to Do More Than Talk to Their Kids About Racism" 
  5. "Talking to Kids about Race" Lee & Low, republished from Parenting Magazine.  Also this article with some tips for evaluating books you are thinking of reading or buying: "Beyond Good Intention: Selecting Multicultural Literature." The Lee & Low website is also a great place to find children's books that represent a diverse range of identities.
  6. The Beatitudes: from Slavery to Civil Rights - a video read-aloud of this children's book that shows some important events in the history of the Civil Rights movement in parallel with the beatitudes text from the sermon on the Mount.  
  7. Bookshop Santa Cruz's Anti-Racist Reading List for Young Readers from board books up to young adult
  8.  National Geographic's article on Talking to kids about Race
  9. Common Sense Media Guide: "How Parents Can Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids"
  10. Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein's Document Anti-Racism Resources for White People has a section with suggestions for raising anti-racist kids as well as resources adults can use to expand their own knowledge.  Thanks to Kristin C. for sharing this in the coffee hour Facebook Group!
And already since I posted this our Presiding Bishop has posted this statement: When the Cameras are Gone, We Will Still Be Here, which links to the Episcopal Church resource page on Responding to Racist Violence

I did not write these resources and some may not be right for every family, but I hope that this list is broad enough that you can find something in here that will be useful!

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