I've always figured that if I didn't want my kids to grow up racist, then one thing I needed to do was to provide dolls that came in a variety of shapes and colors, and storybooks that were inclusive. Years ago there wasn't as much to choose from, but Ezra Jack Keats' "The Snowy Day" and Leo and Diane Dillon's books were always in our libraries.
Today there are lots more, two of my favorites are "Sulwe" and "Grace for President."
Privilege comes with responsibility. This helpful list was compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May, 2020.
Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children:
Books:
Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
Parenting Forward podcast episode 'Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt
Fare of the Free Child podcast
Integrated Schools podcast episode "Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey"
PBS's Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon
Articles to read:
"America's Racial Contract Is Killing Us" by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
"My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant" by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
The Combahee River Collective Statement
"The Intersectionality Wars" by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
"Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?" by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
"White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
"Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?" by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
Podcasts to subscribe to:
Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberle' Crenshaw
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
Books to read:
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherrà e Moraga
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
Films and TV series to watch:
13th (Ava DuVernay) Netflix
American Son (Kenny Leon) Netflix
Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 Available to rent
Blindspotting (Carlos LÃ ³pez Estrada) Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) Available to rent
Dear White People (Justin Simien) Netflix
Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) Available to rent
I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) Available to rent or on Kanopy
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) Hulu
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
King In The Wilderness HBO
See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) Netflix
Selma (Ava DuVernay) Available to rent
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Available to rent
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) Hulu with Cinemax
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) Netflix
Organizations to follow on social media:
Antiracism Center: Twitter
Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Black Women's Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
More anti-racism resources to check out:
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Jenna Arnold's resources (books and people to follow)
Rachel Ricketts' anti-racism resources
Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
Save the Tears: White Woman's Guide by Tatiana Mac
Showing Up For Racial Justice's educational toolkits
The [White] Shift on Instagram
"Why is this happening?" an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
Zinn Education Project's teaching materials
Document compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020.
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