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2016
The Black Santa Claus at our local pharmacy
December 23, 2016
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Raising Race Conscious Children
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Babies
Early Childhood
Elementary School
Middle Grades
Sachi Feris
STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES
STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS
STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS
STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS
Toddlers
by Sachi Feris I am Jewish. I did not grow up with a Christmas tree, nor did I have Christmas tree envy, or wish for Santa Claus. Though Chanukah is often considered a “Hallmark holiday,” I have always loved watching…
White bias and dolls: Helping children create meaning around race and gender
December 14, 2016
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Raising Race Conscious Children
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Babies
Early Childhood
Elementary School
Gender
Race
Racial Identity
Sachi Feris
STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS
STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES
STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM
STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS
STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS
STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS
STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS
Toddlers
White Privilege
by Sachi Feris A friend once told me the following story: She and her daughter, a blonde-haired, White, three-year-old, were surveying her large collection of dolls. “All of the dolls are blonde,” her daughter observed. “It’s true,” my friend affirmed,…
“Why are all the White dolls sitting together on the Target shelf?
December 13, 2016
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Raising Race Conscious Children
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Early Childhood
Elementary School
Melissa Giraurd
Race
Racial Identity
STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS
STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES
STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM
STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS
STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS
Toddlers
White Privilege
Supporting kids to push back against racial injustice by guest blogger Melissa Giraud “I guess they only like White people,” my five-year old said the first time she noticed the Our Generation doll section at Target. Screeeech! I stopped our…
Road to Racial Justice board game: Opening up conversations with young people
December 8, 2016
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Raising Race Conscious Children
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Kesa Kivel
Middle Grades
Race
STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES
STRATEGY: EXPLORE THROUGH PLAY
STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS
STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS
White Privilege
by guest blogger Kesa Kivel Road to Racial Justice is a free downloadable, educational “board” game for ages 13+. Racism and white privilege are addressed through critical thinking, social analysis, and team-based discussion. Through the game, players become more aware that racism exists in many…
Stop profiling Muslims: How you can take action with your children
December 4, 2016
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Raising Race Conscious Children
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Alissa Wise
Early Childhood
Elementary School
STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS
STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM
STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS
by guest blogger Alissa Wise As a White, Jewish family, we are inspired by the Jewish tradition to mark your doorposts with a mezuzah (a piece of parchment containing verses of Torah in a decorative case) by marking our home…
Interrupting White silence with my children
November 23, 2016
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Raising Race Conscious Children
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Early Childhood
Elementary School
Race
Sachi Feris
STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS
STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM
STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS
STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS
STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS
White Privilege
by Sachi Feris On Wednesday, November 9th, the day after Election Day, I picked up my four-and-a-half-year-old daughter from school with my fourteen-month-old in the baby carrier and told her that we were headed to Manhattan to a protest Trump’s…
Reading “Little House on the Prairie” to my children on election night
November 18, 2016
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Kelsey Johnson
by guest blogger Kelsey Johnson Bedtime stories are a beloved tradition in our home. Recently, I’ve been reading aloud a few chapters from Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder to my children, ages 8 and 6. These…
“Trump is president and he’s gonna send Black people to Mexico”
November 11, 2016
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Molly McClure
by guest blogger Molly McClure This morning, the day after Trump got elected, we got to kindergarten early, and the kids got some time to play on the yard before class. I watched them running and laughing, trying to take…
Yes, we still can.
November 9, 2016
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Uncategorized
by Sachi Feris I woke up at 5:37 AM to my 14-month-old’s cries. I went to check my phone, learned the news, and burst into tears. “This is impossible,” I kept repeating. “This cannot be.” I usually take the early…
The curriculum I created for my children: Combating “Why is the bad guy brown?”
November 4, 2016
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Raising Race Conscious Children
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Babies
Early Childhood
Elementary School
Martha Haakmat
Middle Grades
Race
Racial Identity
STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS
STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES
STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS
STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS
Toddlers
by guest blogger Martha Haakmat My teenage daughters now tease me about the number of times the words “diversity” and “race” came up at our dinner table as they grew up in our family. My middle daughter does an imitation…
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“Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What (Colors) Do You See?”
“But are we Arab?”; Creating meaning of my children’s identities, Part Two
“I wish I were Black”: Talking about White privilege with my six-year-old
“If they’re both straight” and other thoughts
“Now that Biden is President…are there still going to be jails?”
“Who lived here before?”: Brooklyn’s changing skyline
“Why Didn’t Her Real Mom Want Her?”
“Are you a boy or a girl?”: Helping young children think through gender
“Are you speaking Spanish?”; How to ask questions about differences
“Charity” is not enough: Why I want my daughter to be an activist
“I want to be Mexican like Dora!”; Creating meaning of my children’s identities, Part One
“Is that your Mom?”—Children’s questions about families
“Madeline,” race, and the problem with ‘good versus bad’
“Mom, why did God create matching?”
“Momma, why aren’t there more boy teachers?”
“Mommy, Where Is My Daddy?” A children’s book by Tracy L. Gray
“One Hundred Years of Lynching:” Coming to Terms With America’s Violent Past
“People decide for themselves how they want to identify” or dismantling the gender binary with my children
“Slavery was a long time ago;” An awkward moment at the grocery store
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