before you begin.
Please take some time to read through the educational resources under Plan and content under Topics. Although these Topics are oriented towards a larger meeting, they will help with informing yourself on issues surrounding Black Lives Matter before you start discussing this issue with your child.
These are resources specific to parents & educators:
Guide by The Children's Community School
Podcast by NPR: Talking Race with Young Children
TEDx Stanford by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum: Is my Skin Brown Because I Drank Chocolate Milk
Philadelphia Inquirer: How to Talk to Your Kids About Racism and the Protests
Anti-Bias Education and Lesson Plans
These are resources specific to parents & educators:
Guide by The Children's Community School
Podcast by NPR: Talking Race with Young Children
TEDx Stanford by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum: Is my Skin Brown Because I Drank Chocolate Milk
Philadelphia Inquirer: How to Talk to Your Kids About Racism and the Protests
Anti-Bias Education and Lesson Plans
why you should have conversations with your children.
Many studies have shown children start to manifest racial bias by the age 2-4 years old. Research has shown that parents and surrounding play a huge role in the development of racial bias in children. But child psychologists have discovered that there are ways to eliminate racial bias from an early start in race education to interracial interactions from a young age.
Below are some links to articles and studies talking about the development of racial bias:
How Young Children can Develop Racial Biases – And What That Means
How Preschoolers are Absorbing the biases of their Elders
Talking to Children About Racial Bias
Especially in the South Asian community, we often see parents holding anti-Black views, especially though colorism and casteism, themselves and projecting them onto their children.
Below are some links to articles and studies talking about the development of racial bias:
How Young Children can Develop Racial Biases – And What That Means
How Preschoolers are Absorbing the biases of their Elders
Talking to Children About Racial Bias
Especially in the South Asian community, we often see parents holding anti-Black views, especially though colorism and casteism, themselves and projecting them onto their children.
resources for your children.
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books
These are some children's and adult books about the black community and racism in general. Click on the books below to find out how you can purchase them.
Oftentimes, racial bias develops at a young age due to the media children consume. Much of childhood literature is dominated by white-centric stories. Reading to your children from books with black people and people of color at the center of the story can help dismantle racial biases. For more book recommendations, visit this article by the New York Times.