Audiobooks & Podcasts
- Kojo For Kids: Jason Reynolds Talks About Racism And The ProtestsBestselling YA author Jason Reynolds (All American Boys, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You) joins Kojo For Kids to help us understand what has led to the tensions we’ve seen over the last week, and to talk about why racism persists and what we can do to build a less racist society.
Resources
- The Black Literary CollectiveFounded by a group of successful award winning Black authors in California to address the need for socially/culturally relevant Black content in local, national and international learning spaces. Their bodies of work are firmly rooted in the Black experience and eloquently inspire and empower young learners who are able to see themselves in these writings. The work of the BLC directly interrupts curriculums that too often do not prioritize the Black experience in classroom settings. In the age of popularized buzz words such as the school to prison pipeline, defunding of public schools, and school closures our young learners are often times in academic settings that are not fit to meet their needs.
Children's Books
Soul Looks Back in Wonder by Call Number: PS591.N4S58 1999 CHILDREN'S COLL.ISBN: 9780140565010Publication Date: 1999Artwork and poems by such writers as Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Askia Toure portray the creativity, strength, and beauty of their African American heritage.
Articles
- Talking to Children About Racial Bias| American Academy of Pediatrics
Books
Our Black Sons Matter Mothers by Call Number: E185.86 .O85 2016ISBN: 9781442269118Publication Date: 2016
Racist Incidents and Bullying in Schools by Call Number: L3.G7 R53 2008ISBN: 9781858564289Publication Date: 2008All schools have an ethical and legal responsibility to prevent bullying around racism, culture and religion, and to deal robustly and sensitively with incidents that do occur. But there are complex practical and theorectical questions. This book handles such questions by describing a range of recent projects and initiatives at national, local and institutional levels and quotes extensively from the voices, experiences and stories of young people.
Understanding, Dismantling, and Disrupting the Prison-to-School Pipeline by Call Number: LC4091 .U46 2017ISBN: 9781498534949Publication Date: 2016This volume examines the school-to-prison pipeline, which refers to a number of interrelated concepts and activities that most often include the criminalization of students, the police-like state found in many schools throughout the country, and the introduction of youth into the criminal justice system at an early age. The school-to-prison pipeline negatively and disproportionally affects communities of color throughout the United States, particularly in urban areas.
Videos
- Elmo and his dad Louie talk about racism and protestingElmo discusses racism and what it means to protest with his dad, Louie.
Source: CNN
- Abby Cadabby shares a personal storySesame Street's Abby Kadaby shares a story of how her fellow Sesame Street friend Big Bird was a victim of prejudice, and how she stood up for him. A college professor defines white privilege.
Source: CNN - How to explain racism to kidsAtlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms takes questions along with CNN's Van Jones and Erica Hill about how to combat racism, and shares a message with kids about how to make a change.
Source: CNN
eBooks
Rethinking Racism by Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9780809328734Publication Date: 2008Trainor illustrates the manner in which racist ideas are subtly upheld through social and literacy education in the classroom—and are thus embedded in the infrastructures of schools themselves. It is the emotional and rhetorical framework of the classroom that lends racism its compelling power in the minds of students, even as teachers endeavor to address the issue of cultural discrimination. This effort is continually hindered by an incomplete understanding of the function of emotions in relation to antiracist persuasion and cannot be remedied until the root of the problem is addressed. Rethinking Racism calls for a fresh approach to understanding racism and its causes, offering crucial insight into the formative role of schooling in the perpetuation of discriminatory beliefs.
Antiracist School Leadership by Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9781623962210Publication Date: 2013Though issues of race in the public education system may take an overt or covert form; racial injustice in public schools is still pervasive, complex and cumulative. The authors in this book explore various ways that racism are manifest in the American school system. Through a plurality of perspectives, they deconstruct, challenge and reconstruct an educational leadership committed to equity and excellence for marginalized students and educators.
