Resources for Talking to Kids about Race

Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk about Race: Resource Round-Up (PrettyGood Design)
Talking with children about difficult subjects (Common Sense Media)
Talking with children about protests and racism (CNN)
Talking About Race (National Museum of African American History & Culture)
Talking to Children Authentically about Race and Racism (PBS Kids)
Talking to Your Child About Race and Racism” (My New Life podcast episode featuring Julie Lythcott-Haims)
“Talking Race with Young Children,” (NPR)
“Tips for Talking About Race with Small Children,” (Third Space)
So you want to talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Little Pitchers Have Big Ears: Helping Children Deal with Tragedy. (Cabinet of Curiosities LLC)

Books on Equality for Kids Age 6-8 (ReadBrightly.com)
Picture Books for Young Activists (AlltheWonders.com)
20 Picture Books for 2020: Readings to Embrace Race, Provide Solace & Do Good (EmbraceRace.org)
The Little Book of Little Activists by Penguin Young Readers
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, PhD, Marietta Collins, PhD and Ann Hazzard, PhD
Race Cars: A Children’s Book About White Privilege by Jenny Devenny
This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham
13 Children’s Books About Race and Diversity (PBS Kids)

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Stamped : Racism , Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
Born a Crime : Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Anti-racism resources for white people (Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020)
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice (Medium.com)
I’m White, What Do I Do Now? (Medium)
“Welcome to the Anti-Racism Movement—Here’s What You’ve Missed,” by Ijeoma Oluo|
“I Shudder. Do You?” by Julie Lythcott-Haims
“White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” by Peggy McIntosh
“Black People Need Stronger Allies—Here’s How You Can Be One,” by Stephanie Long
“Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life,” by D. W. Sue, C. M. Capodilupo

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