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As a social justice scholar and white parent of white elementary age kids, I'm getting DMs from white parents about teaching anti-racism. This is great, and there are lots of resources available. I'm going to focus on what I know best - media.
Although things are improving, children's media is still horribly biased against Black people. Black people are underrepresented, and often play only small or supporting roles when they are featured.
This is bad - it implicitly teaches white kids that Black people are unimportant and fails to expose white kids to Black people as full, interesting humans. It also hurts Black kids' self esteem and sense of racial identity, double bad.
Intentionally choosing media for your kids that feature Black characters helps expose white kids to a richness of Black people and experiences and also supports these media and encourages more of it to be made. Double good!
So, while we're all stuck at home consuming more media, homeschooling, and looking for things for to keep our kids busy, now is a great time to add media featuring Black characters to your white kids' media diets.
This is a list of television shows for kids of all ages featuring Black characters: https://www.matermea.com/blog/35-black-kids-tv-shows-you-can-watch-right-now
Here are movies for kids that feature Black characters: https://thevoiceofblackcincinnati.com/black-movies-for-kids-on-netflix/
And books for kids featuring Black characters written by Black authors: https://bookriot.com/2020/01/13/black-childrens-books-by-black-authors/
And last but not least, books about racism and white supremacy for kids. These topics are especially challenging for many white parents, but it's important not to shy away. We can do this! https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/books-teach-white-children-and-teens-how-undo-racism-and-white-supremacy
