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In honor of May Day: Challenging conversations about domestic work

May 1, 2017 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Makeba Seargeant Rasin, Race, STRATEGY: ACKNOWLEDGE PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE SPACES, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS

by guest blogger Makeba Sergeant Rasin When my son was younger, talking about race felt simple. I’d read “Whose Knees Are These,” with my one-year-old and then coo, afterwards, about how beautiful his brown skin is; his brown knees, toes,…

“Slavery was a long time ago;” An awkward moment at the grocery store

January 27, 2017 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Sara Leo, STRATEGY: ACKNOWLEDGE PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE SPACES, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS

by guest blogger Sara Leo My daughter turned four a few months ago and we have recently begun talking about this country’s racial history in more specific terms. We have been using the book “Heart and Soul: The Story of…

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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…

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…

In honor of May Day: Challenging conversations about domestic work

“Slavery was a long time ago;” An awkward moment at the grocery store

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

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

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