Let’s work together to create an Anti-Racist world.
Parenting for Joy and Justice has deep meaning for me - it means that all of us have a right to live with joy and fight for justice. I think the two cannot truly be separated. But, for over 400 years, families of color in this country have lived within a system that is not designed for their wellness and thriving - it is, in fact, designed to oppress them. This must change. I know my joy can’t be full and complete if the rights and life of another are threatened. I hope you will join me in making anti-racism a part of your parenting, so that we may raise children who embrace joy and fight for justice.
Below, you will find a growing collection of resources. Whether you are looking to support Black Lives Matter, the AAPI (Asian-American and Pacific Islander) community, working on talking with your children about systemic racism, or doing the work of allyship, I hope there is something below that is helpful to you. (And if there is something that you think is missing, please use the contact form at the bottom to let me know.) May we all listen, learn, and then take action.
Anti-Racism Resources
Talking with Children and young people
Hand in Hand Parenting - Inoculating our Children Against Racism
Hand in Hand Parenting - Love First Parenting to Reduce Hate
Talking with Toddlers About Race
WBUR article - Talking with Kids About Racism and Protests
A Minneapolis Parent on How She Talked with her Four-Year-Old
USA Today Article About Talking with Children
National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking About Race
YouTube Video from a Teacher - How I Teach About Racism in Kindergarten
Article from Mother.ly - How to Raise Anti-Racist Kids
Talking to Kids About #blacklivesmatter
Common Sense Media - How White Parents Can Use Media to Guide Anti-Racism
Raising Race Conscious Children
The Center for Racial Justice in Education
Are you hesitant to talk with your children about race? Read this…
Diversify your Library - Media for children
A Black Lives Matter Instructional Library (Click on a book to go directly to a YouTube read-aloud)
Embrace Race - a carefully curated collection of lists of books, among many other resources they have
A Conscious Kid - Books Celebrating Black Boys
Motown Magic on Netflix (animated series for kids)
The Brown Bookshelf - books for children and young adults that feature Black voices
Here Wee Read’s List of Diverse Children’s Books
Multicultural Books About Female Artists
Understanding systemic Racism, White Privilege, and white Supremacy
JStor: Institutionalized Racism - A Syllabus (collection of scholarly articles)
Netflix film: 13th (by Ava DuVernay)
Rachel Cargle’s Public Address on Revolution Now and her Revolution Now Syllabus
Layla F. Saad: Becoming a Good Ancestor
NYTimes Magazine’s 1619 Project - Interactive
Video: The History of Race in America (15 min. watch), and now includes an updated Part 2 to answer questions
Grief that Takes Our Breath Away - Seattle Times Article
Video: Kimberly Jones - How Can We Win? (Very important, and suited for teens and adults)
Ben & Jerry’s: How We Know Systemic Racism is Real
Yes Magazine - Explaining White Privilege
Tolerance Magazine - What is White Privilege?
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
NPR - Understanding the Model Minority Myth
Scalawag Magazine: Understanding White Supremacy and What You Can Do
Systemic Racism Is What Fills US Prisons
Becoming an ally
75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
Changing Minds: A Way to Confront Racism in Conversations with Other White People
What Does it Mean to be Anti-Racist?
Radicalizing Your Family Against White Supremacy
How to Respond When People Say “Riots Never Solve Anything”
For White Women - How Not to Respond to Viral Posts
To White Parents Who Want to be Allies at this Time
Dear White People: This is What We Want You to Do
White Friends: I Need You to Love My Black Sons
For Teens: A collection of resources from Teen Vogue
Ending police brutality
Time Magazine: History of the Police Force
MPD150: A People’s Project Evaluation Policing (check the FAQ section - lots of good info no matter where you live)
The Center for Popular Democracy: Freedom to Thrive (Scholarly Report)
Campaign Zero: We Can End Police Violence in America
8 Can’t Wait: Take Action with Evidence-based Police Reform Data for Many US cities
Understanding No-Knock Warrants and How They Endanger Lives
5 Things White People Can Do to Respond to State-Sanctioned Violence
NAMI Report: Half of People Killed by Police Have a Disability
NPR’s CodeSwitch: How Much Do We Need The Police?
Listen to NPR Throughline: The American Police
Video: How Dave Chappelle Schooled a White Woman on Police Brutality (a hopeful piece - change is possible!)
The Peelian Principles: The Role of the Police (an interesting historical perspective)
Health Justice for black women and mothers
National Partnership for Women and Families: Black Women’s Maternal Health
ScienceDirect Article About Black vs. White Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
NBC News Article: New Data Available for Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality
Understanding the History of Modern Gynecology
Hastings Law Journal: Black Women and the History of Breastfeeding
Rachel Ricketts: Dismantling Racist Heteropatriarchy
Read the story of Shalon Irving
Learn AAPI history, Support the AAPI community
Name Pronunciation Guide for Victims of Atlanta Shootings
Liz Kleinrock - Social Justice Educator
Listen to Amanda Nguyen Talk About the Rise of Violence Targeting People of Asian Descent
Order 9066: A Podcast from APM About the “Relocation Camps”
Book to Read: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Book for Young Readers: Farewell to Manzanar
Trevor Noah on the Atlanta Shootings
Injustice in the education system
Getting Black Minstrelsy Out of School Classrooms
NAACP: School to Prison Pipeline (Downloadable PDF)
School Ratings Systems Are Racist: Read this Article from Vox to Understand Why
Scholarly Article about Interrupting Racism in the Classroom
The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
KUOW: ‘I Can’t Breathe: A Second-Grader. A Security Guard. A Seattle School’
Doing Diversity Well in Predominantly White Schools
Prioritizing Empathy and Anti-Racism in Schools
Support POC-owned Businesses
List of Black-Owned Etsy Shops
Refinery29 Article: List of Directories of Black-Owned Businesses
Organizations to Support
Big List of Organizations to Donate to, from NYMag
Communities United Against Police Brutality
Other media to consume
Podcasts:
Come Through With Rebecca Carroll
Black History Bootcamp by GirlTrek
Books (This is by no means an exhaustive list):
PLEASE CONSIDER BUYING BOOKS FROM A STORE ON THIS LIST:
So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (non-fiction)
How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi (non-fiction)
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (non-fiction)
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (non-fiction)
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (fiction)
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Nealy Hurston (fiction)
They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery (non-fiction)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (fiction)
Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom (non-fiction)
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (fiction)
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (non-fiction)
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (fiction)
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (fiction)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (fiction)
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (fiction)
Ibram X. Kendi’s Anti-Racism Reading List
Films and Documentaries
List of films available free from Cineplex
10 films to watch to support the Black Lives Matter movement