Educating children about race is essential to strive for a world of equality and peace and it is never too early to educate and talk to your kids. With explicit acts of racism being displayed every day, parents are asking themselves how to ensure that their children’s generation is educated on racism, to be cognisant of white privilege and to strive for equality. Racism is taught, it is way overdue to teach about equality.
We believe that ALL parents need to educate their children about different cultures, why we have different colour skin, that we are from different countries in the world. But most importantly despite how we look or the piment of our skin, or our facial features, we are all the same.
Our firm strives to provide our clients and families with resources and tools for parenting in general, which includes the discussion and education on diversity and justice with your kids and anti-racism and what that means.
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HERE ARE SOME EDUCATIONAL BOOKS TO READ WITH YOUR KIDS:
1. Something happened in our town by Dr. Marietta Collins, Dr. Marianne Celano, and Dr. Ann Hazzard
2. Firebird by Misty Copeland
3. Hair Love by Matthew Cherry
4. Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena
5. The Day you Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
6. Viola Desmond Wont be Budged by Jody Nyasha Warner
7. I am not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis
8. Chocolate me! By Taye Diggs
9. Lets Talk About Race by Julius Lester
10. I Like Myself- by Karen Beaumont
11. All are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
12. More, More, More by Vera Williams
13. What’s the Difference? by Doyin Richards
14. Don’t touch my hair by Sharee Miller
15. The Colors of Us by Karen katz
16. A kids book about racism by Jelani Memory
17. All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
18. Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson
19. Our American Dream by Fiona McEntee
20. Blue Sky White Stars by Sarvinder Naberhaus
21. Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson
22. Malcolm Little by Ilyasah Shabazz
23. Saturday by Oge Mora
24. Not my idea by Anastasia Higginbotham
25. Little Leaders Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
HERE ARE SOME MORE RESOURCES FOR TEACHING KIDS ABOUT RACISM:
1. Little Justice Leaders Subscription Box: https://www.littlejusticeleaders.com/
2. Teaching Your Child About Black History: https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/teaching-your-child-about-black-history-month
3. Parenting & White Supremacy: A 90-Minute Good Ancestor Academy Masterclass: http://laylafsaad.com/gaa-parenting-and-white-supremacy
4. Talking to Children About Racial Bias: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/healthy-living/emotional-wellness/Building-Resilience/Pages/Talking-to-Children-About-Racial-Bias.aspx
HERE ARE SOME VIDEOS FOR YOUR KIDS TO WATCH:
1. We’re Different, We’re the Same (Sesame Street) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUrjb4SZnxg&index=18&list=PLD6870D84DCB1D331
2. I Love My Hair! (Sesame Street) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enpFde5rgmw
3. Esme and Roy : https://www.amazon.com/Esme-and-Roy-Season-1/dp/B07FXK5Y7P?creativeASIN=B07FXK5Y7P&linkCode=w61&imprToken=q9y35bjH6wcOauAJJBePWg&slotNum=12
4. Motown Magic : https://www.netflix.com/title/80134440?source=35
5. Blaze and the Monster Machines : https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.bcaddaca-a29e-b17d-0537-b3b29d8059d4?linkCode=w61&imprToken=q9y35bjH6wcOauAJJBePWg&slotNum=14&autoplay=1
HERE ARE SOME EDUCATIONAL BOOKS FOR ADULTS :
1. How to be an anti racist by Ibram X Kendi
2. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
3. Raising White Kids by Jennifer Harvey
4. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
5. White Spaces Missing Faces by Catrice M. Jackson
6. Antagonists Advocates and Allies by Catrice M. Jackson
7. White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
8. Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi
9. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
10. This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
11. Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America by Ibi Zoboi et al.
12. Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad
PODCASTS AND VIDEOS FOR ADULTS :
1. Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin DiAngelo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwIx3KQer54
3. Fare of the Free Child Podcast
4. 1619 Podcast
7. 13th, a film by Ava Duvernay (available on Netflix)
8. The Hate You Give, a film based on the 2017 novel by Angie Thomas
9. Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV3nnFheQRo)
ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES FOR ADULTS (CANADA SPECIFIC)
Canada and Québec perspectives:
Emilie Nicolas’s coverage in Le Devoir / @Emilie_Ni
· Nicolas writes about the lack of coverage of systemic racism in Canada and Québec, the implications of inequity in the health system during the pandemic, the treatment of racialized front line workers, and other topics. See: Ils sont fous, ces Américains
11 brefs essais contre le racisme – Somme toute – éditions
· Essays exploring systemic racism from a Québec perspective
Indigenous, black people more likely to be stopped by Montreal police: October 2019 in Global News
· Full Armony-Hassaoui-Mulone report to the SPVM (August 2019)
It’s long-past time to talk about policing of Black women in Canada, May 29th 2020 Robyn Maynard for The Star
Racism In Canada Is Ever-Present, But We Have A Long History Of Denial – May 29th 2020 Maija Kappler in HuffPost
Remembering Black, Indigenous, and Other People of Colour killed by Canadian police – May 29th 2020 – Desmond Cole for Pyriscence
Philanthropy and Race
Philanthropy with a Racial Equity Lens (June 20, 2019 – Centre for Effective Philanthropy)
Funding in the Time of COVID-19: Questions to Deepen Racial Equity (April 2, 2020 – Candid)
· Framework for foundations and nonprofits looking to align their assets and efforts with an equity perspective.
Philanthropy, Privilege, and Racial Justice (May 28, 2020 – MacArthur Foundation)
· Reflections from MacArthur Foundation staff on current events and systemic racism
Overcoming the Racial Bias in Philanthropic Funding (May 4, 2020 – SSIR)
· Increasing the amount and effectiveness of resources aimed at combating institutional and structural racism in communities through capacity building, education, and convening of grantmakers and grantseekers.
Taking action + further learning:
Resources for non-Black folks to support Black communities in Canada
· Note that this doc was taken down due to lack of credit – read the statement
75 Things White People can do for Racial Justice(Corinne Shutack – Medium)
· Continuously updated article
· A resource for white people and parents to deepen anti-racism work (Document compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020)
Deeper dives into Anti-Black Racism in Canada:
The Skin We’re In – Desmond Cole
Policing Black Lives – Robyn Maynard
Black Life – Post-BLM and the Struggle for Freedom – Rinaldo Walcott and Idil Abdillahi
Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada – Edited by Rodney Diverlus, Sandy Hudson, Syrus Marcus Ware
