RESOURCES 

For parents - How to talk to your children about race and racial incidents:

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• A White Families' Guide for Talking About Racism

• The POC Families' Guide for Talking About Racism

• An article that lists phrases and comments to aid in a conversation about race that is from a social justice perspective:
  https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/talking-children-after-racial-incidents

• 100 Race-conscious things you can say to your child to advance racial justice: http://www.raceconscious.org/2016/06/100-race-conscious-things-to-say-to-your-child-to-advance-racial-justice/

• Experts in child psychology explain how parents can begin conversations about racial violence and police brutality: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/31/how-talk-kids-racism-racial-violence-police-brutality/5288065002/

 

Lower school student resources:

• A list of 31 children's books that support conversations about race, racism, and resistance: https://www.embracerace.org/resources/26-childrens-books-to-support-conversations-on-race-racism-resistance?fbclid=IwAR0gfEKIPnAHBbIXCDY5CEdovVi3icVVmlGYmh4kmtZizxD37fiAB24YhCg

• An article from The National Association for the Education of Young Children - It is a story of one kindergarten teacher's work at addressing race and racism throughout a school year: https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/may2018/teaching-learning-race-and-racism

 

5th grade and up (may be a bit too complicated for younger children, but could be adapted):

• Table Talk Guide from ADL.org that specifically provides context and discussion questions related to the current events around George Floyd that can help you structure a conversation:
  https://www.adl.org/education/resources/tools-and-strategies/george-floyd-racism-and-law-enforcement

 

Books for parents, teachers and staff:

• How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

• The Condemnation of Blackness Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America By Khalil Gibran Muhammad
  Offers historical account of systemic and structural racism

• Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde

• Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

 

The resources below are mostly geared toward teenagers and adults, and mainly aimed at inspiring white people to engage in work to recognize privilege and actively dismantle white supremacy and systemic oppression. There are opportunities with these resources for families to engage with their children, with parents to engage with one another, for us to model our own personal work toward ending systemic violence.  

• Article: "Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Peggy McIntosh 

• Article: "When White Women Cry" by Mamta Accpadi 

• Book: Blindspot by Mahzarin Banaji

• Article/call to action program: "Unpacking White Feminism" - Rachel Cargle

• Book/call to action program: Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad

*Resource list has been adapted from Sandy Spring Friends School