Talking About Race: Resources for Families & Early Childhood Professionals

 
 

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As the harm of racism in our country is again brought to light in recent events, Infant Massage USA would like to reaffirm our commitment to promoting equity and addressing racial injustice. We know there is more work to do and as we continue to listen and reflect, our organization will work to evaluate and create actionable opportunities to do better.

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Parents, caregivers, educators and anyone looking for guidance on conversations about race please utilize the resources below.

This list was originally compiled and posted by the following two organizations, please explore their resource pages as well. We have added additional resources to their lists. Pretty Good Designs (View post) Children's Community School of West Philadelphia (View post)

Articles & Resources

  1. Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race

  2. Here's How W. Kamau Bell Talks About Race With His Kids

  3. 100 Race-Conscious things you can say to your child to advance racial justice

  4. Article on Raising Race-Conscious Children

  5. 4 Things We Should All Teach Kids About Racism Right Now

  6. Talking About Race - Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (Portal with sections for Parents/Caregivers, Educators or any person committed to equity)

  7. EmbraceRace.org Resource Page



Podcasts

  1. Seeing White Series (Scene on Radio)

  2. Talking Race With Young Children (NPR and the Sesame Street Workshop)



For Teachers & Educators

  1. Teaching Tolerance: Race & Ethnicity

  2. Book: Culturally Responsive Self-Care Practices for Early Childhood Educators



Books for Adults

  1. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

  2. How To Be An AntiRacist by Ibram X. Kendi

  3. Bustle.com’s List of 10 Books About Race To Read Instead Of Asking A Person Of Color To Explain Things To You



Books for Children

  1. The Ultimate 2018 List of Diverse Books For Children (Here Wee Read is a great resource for books! Follow her Instagram!)

  2. No White Saviors: Kids Books About Black Women in US History (Books For Littles)

  3. Children’s Books By Brilliant Black Women: #OwnVoices Authors & Illustrators (Books for Littles)

  4. Whose Toes Are Those? by Jabari Asim

  5. Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester

  6. Lovely by Jess Hong

  7. Sugarplum Ballerinas by Whoopi Goldberg

  8. EmbraceRace.org’s List of 31 Children's Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism and Resistance

  9. NY Times: These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids

  10. AntiRacist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi



Toys

  1. People Colors Crayon Pack

  2. Sugarfoot Rag Dolls

  3. Pattycake Doll Company



Studies and Articles cited in the Infographic above

  1. Three-month-olds, but not newborns, prefer own-race faces

  2. Handbook of Race, Racism and the Developing Child

  3. Developmental Psychopathology: Perspectives on Adjustment, Risk, and Disorder

  4. The development of implicit intergroup cognition

  5. How Kids Learn Prejudice

  6. Even Babies Discriminate: A Natureshock Excerpt

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