Anti-Racism Resources

Child Development Considerations in Talking to Children About Race and Racism

• • Anti-Racism for Kids: An Age-by-Age Guide to Fighting Hate
  • Talking to Your Kids about Racism: How to Start the Important Conversation by Age and Keep it Going

Tips for Talking to Children about Racism & Violence

• • 10 Tips for Teaching and Talking to Kids About Race: this is a great place to start. EmbraceRace also has many other fantastic resources
  • Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race: tips and books for parents who are nervous to talk about race
  • What does “Black Lives Matter” Mean?: an excellent 5-minute video for children made by Look, Listen, and Learn
  • Our Kids Need Us: written by Delaney Ruston, filmmaker of “Screenagers,” has great suggestions on how to have these critical conversations
  • Racism and Violence: How to Help Kids Handle the News: a great webinar put on by The Child Mind Institute. They also have article on this same topic here
  • Helping Kids Process Violence, Trauma, and Race in a World of Nonstop News: another great webinar put on by Common Sense Media

Books for Children (just a few to get you started!)

• • “A Kids Book About Racism” by Jelani Memory (suitable for K-8^th)
    • • Also available to watch/listen to on YouTube here
  • “All Are Welcome” by Alexandra Penfold (suitable for K-3^rd)
  • “A is for Activist” by Innosanto Nagara (suitable for Pre-K-2^nd)
  • “Chocolate Me” by Taye Diggs (suitable for K-3^rd)
  • “Skin Like Mine” by LaTashia M. Perry (suitable for K-6^th)
  • “Something Happened in Our Town” by Marianne Celano (suitable for K-3^rd)
  • “Sometimes People March” by Tessa Allen (suitable for K-4^th)
  • “The Day You Begin” by Jacqueline Woodson (suitable for K-3^rd)
  • “We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands” by Rafael Lopez (Pre-K-1^st)

Books & Podcasts for Adults

• • “Raising White Kids: Bring Up Children in a Racially Unjust America” by Jennifer Harvey
  • “So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo
  • “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” by Robin DiAngelo
  • “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race” by Beverly Daniel Tatum
  • “Teaching Hard History” is a podcast from Teaching Tolerance that covers topics of slavery and the civil rights movement
  • “1619” is a podcast from The New York Times that examines the long shadow of American slavery
  • “Code Switch” is a podcast from NPR that explores how race impacts every part of our society

Additional Resources

• • PBS Kids for Parents has a number of resources related to talking to children about racism, television show episodes that address what children can do to fight racism, and so many more excellent resources. This was a great recent episode for kids on race and racism
  • Facing History and Ourselves is an incredible website with lessons, articles, and many other resources on racism and social justice
  • Raising Little Allies-to-Be is a fantastic 30+ page guide with great resources adults and activities for kids
  • Common Sense Media created a resource guide with books, movies, and other media for children that talk about race and racism. Check it out here
  • Below are some websites to help you find diverse children’s books:
    • • Social Justice Books has more than 60 carefully selected lists of multicultural and social justice books for children and young adults
      • OurStory is a great way to find diverse books
      • Biracial Bookworms is a good site to find diverse books
      • The Conscious Kid promotes access to children’s books focusing on underrepresented groups and also has some great resources
      • Here Wee Read is another great site to find diverse children’s books