Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care How to Raise an Anti-Racist Child
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How can white parents raise anti-racist children in this time of violence against people of color and protests. We talk with Dr. Ann Hazzard, a clinical child psychologist who was on the faculty at Emory University in Atlanta and co-author of Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice; and Dr. Joy Harris, a Full-time Lecturer at Princeton Theological Seminary and co-author of The ABCs of Diversity: Helping Kids (and Ourselves!) Embrace Our Differences.
In this episode, we cover:
- Embrace Race.org. Founded by black and mixed race parents to provide resources for raising black children.
- One Talk at a Time https://www.caminoslab.org/onetalk Providing support for Latinx American, Asian American, African American, and Black youth and their families to have conversations about race and ethnicity. They have a separate section for Black, Asian, and Latinx parents.
- What is the difference between not being a racist and being anti-racist?
- What is wrong with saying and believing any of the following: "love will conquer all", “we are all one race-the human race", and “colorblind is best”.
Tip 1. Talk about Race
- Racism thrives in silence. Why are many white parents silent on raise in general and within our families?
- When do children start recognizes racial differences?
- When should white parents start talking to their kids about race?
- How to start the conversation?
- Fantastic resources:
- Diverse Book Finder https://diversebookfinder.org/books/
- The Brown Bookshelf highlights Black voices writing for young readers.
- The Conscious Kid https://www.theconsciouskid.org/
Tip 2: Acknowledging & Celebrating Racial Diversity
- Why is it important to acknowledge and celebrate racial diversity?
- How to acknowledge and celebrate racial diversity?
Tip 3: Recognize systemic/institutionalized racism and white privilege
- What do we mean by systemic racism?
- What do we mean by white privilege?
- How early do kids start defaulting that things associated with being white are better than being black?
- How can parents address institutionalize racism with their children who will likely benefit from it?
- How do we help teach our kids to understand power inequity so they can name it, unpack it, and dismantle it when it happens in the real world.
Tip 4: Talk about Violence Against People of Color and the Protests/Resistance
- Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice
- How much should we share with our children? At what age should we talk with them about these hard topics or is it better to shi
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