Anti-Racist Resources

• Helping Kids Process Violence, Trauma, and Race in a World of Nonstop News
• Parenting in Support of Black Lives: How to Build a Just Future for Kids (and How Media Can Help)
• PBS Kids for Parents: Talking to Children Authentically about Race and Racism
• A White Families’ Guide To Talking About Racism 
• A Black Families’ Guide To Discussing Racism 
• The POC Families’ Guide For Talking About Racism 
• Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism. A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Families
• EmbraceRace: “I Still Can’t Breathe. Supporting Kids of Color Amid Radicalized Violence.” 
• EmbraceRace: “How Do I Make Sure I’m Not Raising The Next Amy Cooper.” 
• “Dear White Parents, Let’s Talk About Race“
• 14 Kid-Friendly Movies to Help Build a Conversation about Race and Racism
• Parenting Decolonized: A podcast on raising liberated Black children without breaking their spirits and conscious parenting by Yolanda Williams
• 18 Podcasts Made By Black Moms For Black Moms
• Parenting for Liberation: Grief Circle Practices of Breath & Brush for Black Parents.
• Parenting for Liberation: White Privilege for White Adoptive Parents of Black Children.

While many of these links take you to Powell’s, we urge you to order these books from black owned bookstores like Marcus Books in Oakland.

• Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners 
  • The awards are given to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.
• EmbraceRace’s Children’s Book List for Anti-Racist Activism 
  • This list is curated to include reading material that can initiate conversations with children about race, racism, and what it means to resist oppression.
• Anti-Racist Resources and Reading List for All Ages
• Something Happened in our Town (animated series)– Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazzard
• A Kids’ Book About Racism by Jelani Memory  
• Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higgenbotham
• Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester
• You Matter by Christian Robinson
• KidLit4BlackLives Rally
• Systemic Racism Explained 
• Social Justice Young Adult Fiction book list 
• 5 Young Adult Black Historical Novels to Read
• Anti-Racist Graphic Novel Reading List

While many of these links take you to Powell’s, we urge you to order these books from black owned bookstores like Marcus Books in Oakland.

• Stamped From the Beginning – Ibram X. Kendi
• The Warmth of Other Suns – Isabel Wilkerson
• White Rage  – Carol Anderson
• The Color of Money – Mehrsa Baradaran
• Evicted  – Matthew Desmond
• Fear Itself  – Ira Katznelson
• Reconstruction – Eric Foner
• The Color of Law  – Richard Rothstein
• Me and White Supremacy – Layla Saad
• White Fragility  – Robin DiAngelo