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“As early as six months, a baby’s brain can notice race-based differences…
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“An important finding is that infants will learn from people they are most exposed to,”…
…said Xiao, indicating that parents can help prevent racial bias by introducing their children to people from a variety of races. Click here for the University of Toronto article. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”Ideas” style=”gradient” gradient_color_1=”black” gradient_color_2=”pink” size=”lg” align=”left” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” button_block=”true” add_icon=”true”][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”9850″ add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” title=”Introduce.”][vc_column_text]
Frequently introduce your infants and toddlers to people of different races.
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Whenever possible, choose people of different races to offer care and instruction to your infants and toddlers.
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Choose action figures, stuffed toys and books with characters of color just as often as you choose those with Caucasian skin.
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Separation language like “those people” is harmful and builds barriers at any age.
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Ways to Help Children Value Cultural Diversity
Host an “immersion experience” once a month, choosing a different country.
Listen to world music.
Discuss how others solve problems around the world.
Visit cultural centers.
Use words from other languages.
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Movies for kids about daily life on all of the continents!
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Get to know African American Heroes
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Answering Your Child’s Questions About People of Color
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_message message_box_color=”white”]“Why is that person’s skin different from mine?” : “A very long time ago, people who lived in places with lots of sun developed strong skin that was darker to protect them from too much sun. People who lived in places with not much sun had lighter skin because they didn’t need too much sun protection. But now, people live wherever they want no matter what color their skin is. Isn’t that wonderful? Some people think that different colors of skin means that you are better or worse than someone else. This is wrong. Everyone is a person. Everyone is a beloved child of God, no matter what they look like.”
Help your child name some friends who don’t look like them or are differently-abled.
“I only like princesses who look like Elsa.” ‘‘Why do you think that?’ or ‘What makes you say that?’ can help get the conversation started.’
“That lady is brown!” If she/he is, then just agree. “It’s not racist to notice someone’s race,” says Caryn Park, a professor at Antioch University in Seattle, whose research focuses on children’s understanding of race and ethnicity. “An unwillingness to acknowledge your child’s observation might send the wrong message to the child.”
“But…people of color can be racist too!” ‘This is an invitation for a conversation. Ask the child if something happened to make them feel that way, and talk about what they were feeling when they made that comment. Who benefits and who loses from such a comment? Listen supportively for hurt feelings of rejection or exclusion, and think about a plan to reconcile those feelings.’
“Why is most of that sports team black?” ‘If your child points out that most/many professional athletes are African American, it’s OK to also bring up that most of the team owners are white, and to ask what your child thinks that means. Manka Varghese, a University of Washington professor who specializes in multilingual education, suggests engaging your child with questions like “What do you notice here? Why do you think that is? Who benefits from the situation? What can we do about it?” The answers can lead to fruitful discussions about privilege, race, and inequality—and help your child develop antiracist ideals.’
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The Brown Bookshelf
“The Brown Bookshelf is designed to push awareness of the myriad Black voices writing for young readers. Our flagship initiative is 28 Days Later, a month-long showcase of the best in Picture Books, Middle Grade, and Young Adult novels written and illustrated by Black creators. You can read more about the members of The Brown Bookshelf here.
Conversations about color:
Article on: Human Skin Color Variation: Smithsonian
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This video was included in last week’s Church School lesson.
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In families of color, “The Talk” doesn’t refer to the birds and the bees.
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Put yourselves in the shoes of people of color with this article.
A white parent from Chicago said: “I’ve never had a conversation with other white parents about how to talk to our kids about how to handle themselves if they are pulled over by the police,” he says. “But for my African American friends and colleagues, that is a part of their parenting experience, and for some of them, it was a part of the experience they had with their parents.”
It’s OK to push antiracist ideals with your kids. In fact, people who enjoy white privilege must do so.
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“The Talk” – Personal Stories
This video addresses “The Talk” that families of color often have together regarding potential stops by law enforcement. Consider having this same talk with your children, but from the perspective of looking out for and caring for those to whom this happens.
Raising Equality
https://raisingequity.org/the-podcast/
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Middle Schoolers and Inspirational Music
In middle school, the mind is expanding with messages from all sides. I [Christine] so often find my middle school-aged students wanting to sing, play, listen to, and experience beautiful and DIVERSE music. Nurture the sensitive and open heart of your middle schoolers. They are open![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/3NDnbYbyOQ4?t=102″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/sn19xvfoXvk”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/nKAKvfjWyHk”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/L7IP4UlXvG8″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/Rj4Yu9Utdw0″][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column parallax=”content-moving” parallax_image=”9916″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_cta h2=”High School: Images and Activism” style=”3d” color=”blue”][/vc_cta][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”9835″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”9897″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]
“Online activism is a coping response for some adolescents, especially right now while we’re physically distant…”
Heard-Garris said. “Reposting, retweeting, expressing how they’re feeling, chatting with friends has been helpful, sort of an active kind of coping response.
Anti-Racist Audit Activity
(From National Geographic) “If your child notices a commercial that lacks cultural diversity, chat with him about how the ad could be more inclusive. If your tween is wondering why there aren’t any black people on Friends, engage with her on what might make the show more representative. “Encourage critical thinking and invite tweens into conversation about what they notice,” Park says. The conversation could lead to a “diversity audit” of the media you both consume to track people of color in leading, supportive, authority figure, hero, and villain roles. Then come back together to compare notes. Based on what you find, you might want to make changes to your media diet.”
Instagram squares are not the answer! We can do more!
(From Wired) ANTHONY WILLIAMS WAS up late last night, scrolling through Twitter, when the black squares began to crowd out everything else. By midnight, people in his feed were panicking about the #blacklivesmatter hashtag, which had suddenly become flooded with thousands of the empty images. Williams, a sociologist and activist, opened Instagram and saw that nearly the entire grid had gone black. The posts had completely overtaken the #blacklivesmatter hashtag, “flooding out all of the resources that have been there for the last few years,” says Williams. “It’s really frustrating to have carved out this area of the internet where we can gather and then all of a sudden we see pages and pages and pages of black squares that don’t guide anyone to resources.”[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”Resources” style=”gradient” gradient_color_1=”black” gradient_color_2=”pink” size=”lg” align=”left” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” button_block=”true” add_icon=”true”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]
Social Media: Questions for Contemplation
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Questions from jessicawilson.msrd
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People of Color to Follow on Instagram
brittany packnett cunningham | @mspackyetti
Rachel Elizabeth Cargle | @rachel.cargle
Yara (يارا) Shahidi | @yarashahidi
Austin Channing Brown | @austinchanning
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“13th” on Netflix
“The title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing documentary refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States.” The progression from that second qualifying clause to the horrors of mass criminalization and the sprawling American prison industry is laid out by DuVernay with bracing lucidity. With a potent mixture of archival footage and testimony from a dazzling array of activists, politicians, historians, and formerly incarcerated women and men, DuVernay creates a work of grand historical synthesis.” From Rotten Tomatoes
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