February 2015 - Raising Race Conscious Children

Does your family’s skin match? In our transracial family, our skin doesn’t match—and we talk about it!

February 27, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Janet Alperstein, Race, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, Toddlers

by guest blogger Janet Alperstein, Ph.D From the day I met my son at age six months, our adoption story and our racial and religious identities have been part of our everyday conversations. The discussions have evolved over time as…

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“That’s not fair!” and the concept of protest

February 24, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Race, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, Toddlers, Uncategorized, White Privilege

by Sachi Feris One of my daughter’s favorite activities is playing with her vintage Fisher Price people from the 1970’s. At one-and-a-half, she spent happy hours placing them in and out of her vintage school bus…but it proved to be…

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What I did when my son said, “that man looks like a monkey!” on a public bus

February 20, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Julie Roberts-Phung, Race, STRATEGY: ACKNOWLEDGE PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE SPACES, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: PARE DOWN THE VARIOUS ISSUES, Uncategorized

by guest blogger Julie Roberts-Phung This post is being re-posted as part of a week-long series highlighting supporters of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), both in their parenting of race-conscious children and their activist work for racial justice. SURJ…

“Is that your Mom?”—Children’s questions about families

February 17, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Gender, Race, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, Toddlers, Uncategorized

by Sachi Feris Whenever my daughter sees a seemingly unaccompanied child (for example, a five-year-old who is half a block ahead of their adult on their scooter), her immediate question is: “Where is that child’s mommy or papi?” Her assumption…

What I say about a children’s book when all the characters are White

February 13, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Babies, Early Childhood, Elementary School, Race, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, Toddlers, White Privilege

by Sachi Feris Among our children’s books, we have a dozen or so of my childhood favorites that my mom saved. One such classic is “Too Many Mittens” by Florence and Louis Slobodkin, published in 1958. This story is about twin…

What to do when your child comments on a stranger’s physical appearance in public

February 10, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Race, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: ACKNOWLEDGE PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE SPACES, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: PARE DOWN THE VARIOUS ISSUES, Toddlers, Uncategorized

by Sachi Feris The first time my daughter verbally communicated in public about another person’s physical appearance, we were on an Amtrak train back from visiting friends in Boston. She had just turned two. The ticket collector had an olive…

Does your family’s skin match? In our transracial family, our skin doesn’t match—and we talk about it!

“That’s not fair!” and the concept of protest

What I did when my son said, “that man looks like a monkey!” on a public bus

“Is that your Mom?”—Children’s questions about families

What I say about a children’s book when all the characters are White

What to do when your child comments on a stranger’s physical appearance in public

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