Let's Talk about Race
*Please note: These pages are under construction, but I didn't want you to wait to have resources. Please start where you are, check back often, and keep talking!
More coming soon!*
Dear families,
Dear families,
Thank you for coming to this site. Talking with children (and with other adults!) about challenging and sensitive topics can be uncomfortable and scary. I know I am afraid of saying the wrong thing or making mistakes. But I also know that the biggest mistake I can make is not saying anything at all.
Thank you for coming to this site. Talking with children (and with other adults!) about challenging and sensitive topics can be uncomfortable and scary. I know I am afraid of saying the wrong thing or making mistakes. But I also know that the biggest mistake I can make is not saying anything at all.
"Silence will not protect you or them. Avoiding the topic is not a solution"
"Silence will not protect you or them. Avoiding the topic is not a solution"
- Beverly Daniel Tatum, psychologist and author of "Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race"
- Beverly Daniel Tatum, psychologist and author of "Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race"
If you just need one place where you can start today, start with this book "A Kids Book About Racism" by Jelani Memory read aloud by the author in this video.
If you just need one place where you can start today, start with this book "A Kids Book About Racism" by Jelani Memory read aloud by the author in this video.
For more resources see below.
For more resources see below.
Whether this is your first conversation with your family about race or your fiftieth, thank you for having these conversations. I hope that you will find helpful resources here to support you along the way.
Whether this is your first conversation with your family about race or your fiftieth, thank you for having these conversations. I hope that you will find helpful resources here to support you along the way.
Included in these resources are:
Included in these resources are:
Definitions to help us build the vocabulary to have these important conversations.
Definitions to help us build the vocabulary to have these important conversations.
Articles that discuss why these conversations are important.
Articles that discuss why these conversations are important.
Articles with tips on how to actually have these conversations.
Articles with tips on how to actually have these conversations.
Information on using books to spark conversations.
Information on using books to spark conversations.
Book recommendations for:
Book recommendations for:
Thank you to Dori King, Anthony Villaseñor, Suzanne Lee, Adelaide Wainwright, Kirstin McAuley, Chris Thompson, Carole Burton, and several librarians for sharing resources, looking over my notes, offering feedback, and assisting me in getting these resources out.
Thank you to Dori King, Anthony Villaseñor, Suzanne Lee, Adelaide Wainwright, Kirstin McAuley, Chris Thompson, Carole Burton, and several librarians for sharing resources, looking over my notes, offering feedback, and assisting me in getting these resources out.
Thank you to the talented writers and artists who created these resources!
Thank you to the talented writers and artists who created these resources!
And thank you to the above listed teachers, as well as many others in the Lower School community, who are discussing these and other resources with our students and supporting their learning and growth.
And thank you to the above listed teachers, as well as many others in the Lower School community, who are discussing these and other resources with our students and supporting their learning and growth.