Child Mind Institute: “Trauma & Grief”
This webpage features countless articles about the basics of recognizing and addressing trauma in children. It includes topics like the effects, causes, and treatments of…
Resource Category: Race Education
CNN: “How to talk to your children about protests and racism”
This article explains how to discuss racism and protests with children. The article breaks down how to lead discussions by age group (toddler, tweens, teens).
EmbraceRace: “‘I [STILL] Can’t Breathe!’: Supporting Kids of Color Amid Racialized Violence”
This conversation and Q&A led by child psychologist Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith explores policing, violence, safety, justice, and race. She also considers how to approach conversations…
Nursing License Map with edX: “Anti-Racism Resources for Students and Professionals in Healthcare”
This article explores the history of mistreatment and discrimination in healthcare that puts people of color at a disadvantage. It also discusses the changes that…
Today: “What Black adoptees want white parents to know about transracial adoption”
This article features the voices of Black adults who were adopted by white families. The adoptees share their perspectives on identity, culture, and their sense…
RESilience: Books About Race and Ethnicity
This is a directory of books about race, organized by age. It features books for young children, elementary school-age children, teens, and adults, as well…
The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC): “I Am a Parent or Caregiver”
The NMAAHC’s purpose is to help children understand what race is, how it operates in society, and why it’s important (particularly in the US). This…
“Daddy Why Am I Brown?”: A healthy conversation about skin color and family
This is a children’s book meant to start a conversation about how kids can learn to talk about skin color in a way that’s kind,…
Resilience – “Reading and RES: Parent Tip Tool: Choosing and Using Books to Discuss Race and Ethnicity”
This brief article explains how reading books with your child is a key way to start and continue conversations about race and ethnicity. It also…
Beynd the Golden Rule
This illustrated book serves as a parent’s guide to preventing and responding to prejudice. This book explores how to discuss racism and tolerance depending on…
American Academy of Pediatrics: “Talking to Children About Racial Bias”
This article explains how children learn racial bias, strategies to help children deal with these biases, and how parents can confront their own racial biases.…
RESilience – Engaging My Child: “Parent Tip Tool: Uplifting Families Through Healthy Communication About Race”
This is a brief parent tip tool that explains what RES (racial and ethnic socialization)is, who participates in RES, and suggestions for engaging in RES.
ChildTrends: “Resources to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being Amid Anti-Black Racism, Racial Violence, and Trauma”
This article discusses how to talk to children about racism, racial violence, and trauma. It also features books and other resource compilations for parents and…
The Racial Empowerment Collaborative (REC) at Penn GSE
REC is a research, program development, and training center that brings people together to promote racial literacy and health in schools and neighborhoods. They offer…
National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)
This institute is dedicated to improving the quality of life for Black children and families. NBDCI engages in public discourse for local, state, and federal…
American Psychological Association RESilience – “Resources for Parents: Uplifting Youth Through Healthy Communication About Race”
This website features tip tools, books, blogs, and other resources about creating healthy and safe conversations about race between children and parents. This initiative focuses…
Yale University Open Yale Courses – African American History: From Emancipation to the Present (2010)
This archive provides all of the course materials for one of Yale’s Open Courses which examines the African American experience in the US from the…
Online MSW Programs with edX: “How to Teach Kids About Race”
This article discusses how to teach children about the concepts of race, privilege, and racial and ethnic socialization (RES). Though this resource is primarily for…
The New York Times – “A Conversation on Race: A series of short films about identity in America”
This video project features countless different videos of people sharing their experiences with racism and racial identity. The site even welcomes readers to submit personal…
CNN – “Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism”
CNN’s Van Jones and Erica Hill partnered with Sesame Street to produce this town hall for kids and families. This short video explains racism and…
Gladney University – Bridging the Gap: “Competencies of Transracial Adoptive Parents”
A presentation led by Ebony Mack (MSW, adoptee, adoptive parent, and more) about white parents who have adopted transracially. Mack discusses how they (parents) often…
The Guardian: “Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race”
A first-person piece about how structural racism exists today. The author explains why she will no longer discusses race with people who won’t consider or…
The Guardian: “Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people”
A brief article about how the discussion of racism must emphasize marginalized voices. The author explains that discussing racism is never about comforting white people.
BBC: “The pervasive problem of ‘linguistic racism'”
An examination of the privileges that native English speakers (and English speakers with a native accent) have. The author considers how non-native speakers are discriminated…
NPR: “Want to have better conversations about racism with your parents? Here’s how”
An NPR article from the perspective of a biracial person. It explains how to have more complex, considerate discussions about racism with your parents.
NMAAHC: “Being Antiracist”
This article explains the levels at which racism exists (individual, interpersonal, institutional, etc.). It also provides simple exercises for people to engage with and examine…
Dear Asian Youth: “Mocking an Asian Accent is Never Funny”
A first-person piece on why mocking an Asian accent should never be considered funny. The author talks about how mocking accents contributes to racism.
Vox: “What exactly is a microaggression?”
This article describes what microaggressions are and how they’re more than everyday slights or remarks. It also explains the negative impacts they have on individuals,…
The Seattle Times: “Adoption across races: ‘I know my parents love me, but they don’t love my people’”
An article where adoptee Angela Tucker discusses feeling like a racial impostor growing up. She explains that while she looked Black, she didn’t feel that…
The Conversation: “Explainer: what is casual racism?”
An explanation of the everyday and more subtle forms of racism that racial minorities face. The article explains how casual racism is upheld through jokes,…
NPR: “Microaggressions are a big deal: How to talk them out and when to walk away”
A podcast and interview with Kevin Nadal on microaggressions and how their effects are not “micro.” Nadal also has his own website with literature and…
NPR: “Microaggressions: Be Careful What You Say”
An 8-minute podcast that explains microaggressions and how people often don’t understand why they’re problematic. The interviewee clarifies that the goal of recognizing and criticizing…
NPR: “How ‘Ching Chong’ Became The Go-To Slur For Mocking East Asians”
A brief article about the history and prevalence of a racist slur used against Asian people.
MTV Impact: “If Microaggressions Happened to White People”
A short, comedic YouTube video highlighting the microaggressions that people of color deal with everyday.
Vice: “Why People Still Laugh at Asian Accents: An Investigation”
An explanation of the racism that underpins the mockery of Asian accents. The article also examines why Asian accents are still laughed at today.
NCFA: “The Adoptive Parent’s Responsibility when Parenting a Child of a Different Race”
An article about the different ways adoptive parents can and need to support their children. This specifically discusses the issues, privileges, and challenges of adopting…
Adoptive Families: “How to Be an Anti-Racist Adoptive Parent”
An article on how to actively challenge racism and discuss privilege, especially in the context of a multiracial family.
NACAC: “Transracial Adoption: Love is Just the Beginning”
An article by Deb Reisner, mother to a family with African-American, Native-American, Latino, and European-American children. She details the importance of listening to her children…
