462: Jasmine Bradshaw: How To Talk To Your Kids About Race

Jasmine Bradshaw is a researcher, educator, and podcaster who truly believes that creating a more loving, inclusive, and just society starts within the sacred walls of our homes. Her podcast, First Name Basis, exists to give parents the tools they need to teach their children about race, religion, and culture. Her community makes parents feel empowered and gives them the confidence they need to create lasting change in their sphere of influence.

I have been binging Jasmine’s show since we first met online a few months ago. She is a truly talented and generous educator. I am so grateful for her work and really delighted to share this conversation with my community. I think you’ll learn a lot and I really hope you’ll invest in Jasmine’s work by subscribing to her show and joining her Patreon membership.

Listen in to hear Jasmine share:

• Why and how race exists as a social construct
• How to have early conversations about race and skin tone with your kids
• How to lay the groundwork for conversations about race in order to have deeper, more difficult conversations with kids as they get older
• How to talk to your child’s school about their efforts toward diversity and inclusion
• How to talk to your child’s school about the versions of American history they teach
• How to be a better anti racist in order to teach your children to be anti racists
• How you can move from good intentions to confident action in your anti racism work

Links mentioned: 

• Connect with Jasmine: Firstnamebasis.org
• Jasmine on IG: @firstname.basis
• Join Jasmine’s Patreon: patreon.com/firstnamebasis
• Teaching Tolerance Resources: https://www.tolerance.org/

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