Having conversations about race and racism with our children and families can be difficult.
We asked Dr. Gail Duffy, director of curriculum, and Natalie Zwerger from the NYU Metro Center if they could provide some resources for our community that might help with these discussions. Here is a list to get us started:
- Books for littles
- Raising race conscious children
- Resources for Talking about Race, Racism and Racialized Violence With Kids
- “My Reflection Matters” is a great blog and resource on providing the tools necessary to support and nurture the development of healthy racial and ethnic identities of Black and Brown children and older youth
- The Conscious Kid
- How to talk to kids about racism, racial violence and police brutality
- Talking about Race (Smithsonian)
- American Psychologist Special Issue on Racial Trauma and Healing
- Identity matters: Parents’ and educators’ perceptions of children’s social identity development (Sesame Workshop)
For more reading suggestions, please see this resource provided by the Warner Library:
And these book suggestions from The New York Times to help explain racism and protests to children:
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