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In Honor of Critical Race Theory and Derrick Bell

July 26, 2021 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Class, Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle Grades, Race, Sachi Feris, Uncategorized

The willful misunderstanding and skewing of Critical Race Theory in recent news has saddened and angered me. Without Critical Race Theory, there would be no Raising Race Conscious Children. I was in college when a short story, “The Space Traders,”…

Halloween as an opportunity to dismantle White supremacy: Three Things We Believe This Halloween

October 27, 2017 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Elementary School, Lori Taliaferro Riddick, Middle Grades, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS

by Lori Riddick and Sachi Feris On September 5th, 2017, Raising Race Conscious Children’s Sachi Feris published a post entitled “Moana, Elsa, and Halloween” that generated various questions and comments. Sachi clarified, on the blog’s Facebook feed, that her discussion…

Vegas, Charlottesville, and Remembering Hope

October 13, 2017 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Elementary School, Martha Haakmat, Middle Grades, Race, Racial Identity, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS

by guest blogger Martha Haakmat Watching the news about Las Vegas over the last week or so, I remembered spending the final week of summer vacation with family in Maine, watching the news every evening about the terrorism of White…

“I wish I were Black”: Talking about White privilege with my six-year-old

September 15, 2017 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Elementary School, GUEST BLOGGERS, Middle Grades, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: EXPLORE THROUGH PLAY, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS

by guest blogger Ruthie Vincill As a child playing in the ocean, I was taught about the undertow and its power to sneak up on you. As a White child (and beneficiary of White privilege), I was not, however, taught…

Moana, Elsa, and Halloween

September 5, 2017 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle Grades, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS

by Sachi Feris My five-year-old, who I had successfully shielded from Disney princesses until recently, finally figured out that “Let it go” (which she had been singing with her friends for a over a year), was from the movie “Frozen.”…

What Charlottesville means for our Black family

August 13, 2017 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Elementary School, Lori Taliaferro Riddick, Middle Grades, Race, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Uncategorized

by Lori Taliaferro Riddick A few weeks ago my family and I visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D. C. As we walked to the museum from our car, my husband warned my children…

The problem with “Crazy” Hair Day

June 8, 2017 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle Grades, Race, Sara Leo, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, White Privilege

by guest blogger Sara Leo This post has been edited from its original which generated largely positive feedback from other White people and critical feedback from people of color. I have learned a lot through this process and I believe…

Trump and the Muslim ban: A conversation with my eight-year-old

March 10, 2017 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Elementary School, Michael Loeb, Middle Grades, Race, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, White Privilege

by guest blogger Michael Loeb My daughter is eight years old and lives with me, Michael Loeb, a NYCDOE administrator, and Julia Davis, a civil rights attorney, in Brooklyn. This conversation was part of an ongoing attempt to help my…

Talking about slavery through a lens of resistance

January 27, 2017 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Elementary School, Kesa Kivel, Middle Grades, Race, Racial Identity, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS

by guest blogger Kesa Kivel Never Give Up! Ama’s Journey to Freedom on the Underground is a free, coming-of-age historical fiction film set in the 1850s. The film provides excellent, well-researched content on slavery in the United States as well…

The Black Santa Claus at our local pharmacy

December 23, 2016 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Babies, Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle Grades, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Toddlers

by Sachi Feris I am Jewish. I did not grow up with a Christmas tree, nor did I have Christmas tree envy, or wish for Santa Claus. Though Chanukah is often considered a “Hallmark holiday,” I have always loved watching…

In Honor of Critical Race Theory and Derrick Bell

Halloween as an opportunity to dismantle White supremacy: Three Things We Believe This Halloween

Vegas, Charlottesville, and Remembering Hope

“I wish I were Black”: Talking about White privilege with my six-year-old

Moana, Elsa, and Halloween

What Charlottesville means for our Black family

The problem with “Crazy” Hair Day

Trump and the Muslim ban: A conversation with my eight-year-old

Talking about slavery through a lens of resistance

The Black Santa Claus at our local pharmacy

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