TALKING ABOUT RACE
Racism always has been a vital topic of ongoing conversation for families. However, the tragedies and resulting protests of the recent months have made the need for such discussion increasingly urgent. B-PEN is aggregating lists of anti-racism resources to help promote awareness and understanding as parents lean into the subject with their families.
Brookline Educators’ and Students’ Suggested Resources
Your Kids Aren't too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup
Talking to Children After Racial Incidents from Medium
Black Lives Matter Instructional Library -- with links to read-alongs for younger kids
Video: Systemic Racism Explained (posted by Viola Davis)
Reflecting on George Floyd's Death and Police Violence Toward Black Americans/Facing History and Ourselves
Facing History and Ourselves
Kwame Alexander reads his book The Undefeated/YouTube
Common Sense Media Resources About Race and Racism
Anti-racism Resources for White People and Parents
Talking to Kids About Racism, Early and Often NY Times
How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them, Verna Myers’ Ted Talk
Talks to help you understand racism in America, a playlist of Ted Talks
Talking About Race, the Smithsonian/National Museum of African American History & Culture
31 Children's Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism, and Resistance: A list of mostly picture books that can be used across a wide range of ages.
The Brown Bookshelf: A website created by Black authors to promote Black authors
100 Race-Conscious Things You Can Say To Your Child
Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race
Being Nice is Not Going to End Racism | Robin DiAngelo
How to Talk to Your Kids About Racism: PSB Presentation to Parents by Dr. Kalise Wornum, Senior Director of Educational Equity and Dr. Suzie Talukdar, Driscoll School Principal
What Not to Say to Black Colleagues
What White Colleagues Need to Understand
Guidance for Elementary Teachers
Resources for Black Families in the Wake of Racist Violence
The Importance of Teaching Tolerance
ACTIVIST WEBSITES
https://blacklivesmatterboston.org/
NAACP
dreamdefenders.org
zinnedproject.org
rethinkingschools.org
colorofchange.org
Brookline Educators’ and Students’ Suggested Resources
Your Kids Aren't too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup
Talking to Children After Racial Incidents from Medium
Black Lives Matter Instructional Library -- with links to read-alongs for younger kids
Video: Systemic Racism Explained (posted by Viola Davis)
Reflecting on George Floyd's Death and Police Violence Toward Black Americans/Facing History and Ourselves
Facing History and Ourselves
Kwame Alexander reads his book The Undefeated/YouTube
Common Sense Media Resources About Race and Racism
Anti-racism Resources for White People and Parents
Talking to Kids About Racism, Early and Often NY Times
How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them, Verna Myers’ Ted Talk
Talks to help you understand racism in America, a playlist of Ted Talks
Talking About Race, the Smithsonian/National Museum of African American History & Culture
31 Children's Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism, and Resistance: A list of mostly picture books that can be used across a wide range of ages.
The Brown Bookshelf: A website created by Black authors to promote Black authors
100 Race-Conscious Things You Can Say To Your Child
Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race
Being Nice is Not Going to End Racism | Robin DiAngelo
How to Talk to Your Kids About Racism: PSB Presentation to Parents by Dr. Kalise Wornum, Senior Director of Educational Equity and Dr. Suzie Talukdar, Driscoll School Principal
What Not to Say to Black Colleagues
What White Colleagues Need to Understand
Guidance for Elementary Teachers
Resources for Black Families in the Wake of Racist Violence
The Importance of Teaching Tolerance
ACTIVIST WEBSITES
https://blacklivesmatterboston.org/
NAACP
dreamdefenders.org
zinnedproject.org
rethinkingschools.org
colorofchange.org