Parent Resources (self-education):
- Talking to Children after Racial Incidents – An accessible and eye-opening conversation with Howard Stevenson, PhD, clinical psychologist, professor, and expert in racial literacy. This resource provides information for talking to kids across the age range.
- Seven Ways to Support the Young Activist in Your Life – A guide to growing a child’s interest in public action to fight racism and other forms of injustice.
- Guide for Parents of Asian/Asian American Adolescents – A guide to provide parents with the knowledge and skills to effectively support their children in light of the racism due to COVID-19.
- Recognizing And Dismantling Your Anti-Blackness by Janice Gassam – Highlights ways you can interrupt anti-Black bias in your own life, and how to work with children to do the same.
- How to Talk with Kids about Hate Speech – A website created by educators, psychologists, lawyers and organizers. It includes a framework for understanding how kids learn about race, and many resources you can use to be a support to kids and youth in your life.
- A Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books – Connect kids with stories that affirm their self-conceptions and promote anti-racist ideas. An offering of Social Justice Books, which also reviews books for children and young adults.
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Racism and the George Floyd Protests
- Talking to Children About Anti-Asian Bias – The New York Times
- Watch CNN’s Van Jones on the common ground between protestors and police
- Explore your unconscious mindset with an Implicit Association Test (IAT)
- Watch short film Silent Beats
- Mediation app to ease anxiety, find gratitude, heal internalized racism and micro-aggressions, and celebrate communities of color
- Coming to Terms With Racism’s Inertia: Ancestral Accountability | Rachel Cargle | Tedx Talks
- How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time | Baratunde Thurston | Tedx Talks
- Systemic Racism Explained | Act.Tv | Systemic racism affects every area of life in the US. From incarceration rates to predatory loans, and trying to solve these problems requires changes in major parts of our system. Here’s a closer look at what systemic racism is, and how we can solve it.
- Child Trends compiled resources to support children’s emotional well-being amid anti-Black racism, racial violence, and trauma.
Webinars:
- Embrace Race is a great parent resource for webinars, articles, and action guides – including Supporting Kids of Color Amid Racialized Violence, Part 1 and Part 2
- Intersection of Hair Care and Self Esteem for Black Foster Youth presented by Tanisha Fulcher, PsyD
Family Videos and Broadcasts:
- Watch Sesame Street’s Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism
- Watch Sesame Street’s Doctor answers questions from kids about coronavirus
- Activist, writer, lecturer and bookstore owner Rachel Cargle reads aloud to kids
Children Books:
- A Kid’s Book About Racism by Jelani Memory
- Young, Proud, and Sung-jee: A Children’s Book on Fighting Anti-Asian Racism During COVID-19 by Joyce Y. Lee, Emily Ku, and Maggie Chen
- Eyes that Kiss on the Corners by Joanna Ko
- Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
- Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester
- I Hate That I Have To Tell You (Free e-book) by Darnell Lamont Walker
- Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano PhD, Marietta Collins PhD, Ann Hazzard PhD
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
- Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham
- The Skin I’m In: A First look at Racism by Pat Thomas
- Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi
- We’re Different, We’re the Same by Bobbi Katts
- Early Childhood Anti-Bias Education Booklists
- Eso Won Books
Parent-Child Activities:
- An Activity Book For African American Families: Helping Children Cope with Crisis from the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Toys to Diversify Your Child’s Toy Bin
