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As a social justice scholar and white parent of white elementary age kids, I& #39;m getting DMs from white parents about teaching anti-racism. This is great, and there are lots of resources available. I& #39;m going to focus on what I know best - media.
Although things are improving, children& #39;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& #39; 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& #39;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& #39; 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">https://www.matermea.com/blog/35-b...
Here are movies for kids that feature Black characters: https://thevoiceofblackcincinnati.com/black-movies-for-kids-on-netflix/">https://thevoiceofblackcincinnati.com/black-mov...
And books for kids featuring Black characters written by Black authors: https://bookriot.com/2020/01/13/black-childrens-books-by-black-authors/">https://bookriot.com/2020/01/1...
And last but not least, books about racism and white supremacy for kids. These topics are especially challenging for many white parents, but it& #39;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">https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/books-tea...
