“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background or his religion. People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

– Nelson Mandela

Increase Understanding and Awareness

• Don't Say Nothing, by Jamilah Pitts

• Project Implicit: The Implicit Association Test (IAT), by Harvard.edu

• A Decade of Watching Black People Die, from NPR

• The Urgent Need for Anti-Racist Education, by Cristina Torres

• Hate Symbols Database, by Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

• Systems of Trauma: Racial Trauma, by Family and Children's Trust Fund of Virginia

• Research About Race and Police Shootings

• The Pyramid of Hate: Understanding and Interrupting the Escalation of Bias

• When We Normalize Racism and Bigotry, We Do Violence to Our Mental Health

• The American Nightmare, by Ibram X. Kendi

• Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help you Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Health, by Anneliese A Singh, PhD, LPC

• Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They're Okay - Chances Are They're Not, by Danielle Cadet

• Resources For Talking About Race, Racism and Racialized Violence With Kids

For Caregivers and Families

• Talking to Kids about Race and Racism, by Jemar Tisby

• Talking to Kids about Racial Stereotypes, by Media Smarts

• Table Talk: Conversations about Current Events: for educators, parents, and caregivers

• Raising Race Conscious Children: a resource for talking about race with young children

• Talking to Kids about Discrimination: by the American Psychological Association

• Talking to Children About Race and Ethnicity: Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences

• What White Children Need to Know About Race: National Association of Independent Schools