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Explaining “race” versus skin color to my three-year-old

December 8, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Race, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Toddlers, White Privilege

by Sachi Feris Since we often talk about skin color, I wasn’t surprised when my daughter, while sitting on a bench in San Cristóbal, Mexico the other day, noted that her baby brother’s skin color is pinker and paler than…

Child labor and Chanukah in Chiapas, Mexico

December 1, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Class, Early Childhood, Elementary School, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, White Privilege

by Sachi Feris Eight years ago, my husband and I planned a sabbatical-like trip to Mexico. We are finally taking this trip and are currently living in San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico with a three-and-half-year-old and a two-month old baby. San…

Thanksgiving/Thanks-taking and privilege

November 17, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Race, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: PARE DOWN THE VARIOUS ISSUES, Toddlers, White Privilege

by Sachi Feris One year ago, during the week before Thanksgiving (or Thanks-taking as I prefer to call it), I mentioned the holiday to my daughter and told her that we were going up to our cousins’ and would sleep…

Reflections on Columbus as we prepare for Thanksgiving

November 10, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Race, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, Toddlers, White Privilege

by Sachi Feris On “Columbus Day” I posted the song “1492” by Nancy Schimmel on Raising Race Conscious Children’s Facebook page. The song, an old favorite I have used with 4th and 5th grade students, details an alternative version of the…

On the Spot: Unanticipated Conversations about Race

November 6, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Kim Sherman, Race, Racial Identity, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, Toddlers, White Privilege

by guest blogger Kim Sherman When I was pregnant with my second child, I prepared to tell my then-two-year-old about the baby-on-the-way. I anticipated questions about where babies come from and whether we were having a boy or girl. I…

A hard (but needed) conversation: New York City’s segregated schools

October 23, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Elementary School, Myra Hernandez, Race, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, Uncategorized, White Privilege

by guest blogger Myra Hernandez One morning, I was working with a group of elementary students at a public school in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. As a program coordinator for a non-profit, I had been reading Harlem’s Little Blackbird by Renee…

Body conscious talk: Discussing masturbation

October 16, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Katie Schaffer, Race, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, Toddlers, White Privilege

by guest blogger Katie Schaffer Little kids masturbate. They’re exploring their bodies and it feels good. But one of the reasonable concerns that many parents have is how to encourage children’s curiosity and joyous sensual connection to their body while…

Confronting White bias: Bringing my research to my parenting

October 2, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Gender, Race, Racial Identity, Richard Milner, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, White Privilege

by guest blogger Richard Milner, Ph.D As an African-American, middle-class professor of urban education, I am constantly bridging my research with my parenting responsibilities, reflecting on discourse and actions I take with my children as I attempt to help them…

A messy conversation with my three-year-old about the history of slavery and #BlackLivesMatter

September 29, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Race, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: EXPLORE THROUGH PLAY, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: PARE DOWN THE VARIOUS ISSUES, Toddlers, White Privilege

by Sachi Feris I have been talking about race and racial justice with my daughter since she was a baby, not worrying too much when my commentary may have been over her head. I wanted her to hear my words…

White privilege and imaginary play with guns

September 18, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Amy Fellows, Early Childhood, Elementary School, Race, Racial Identity, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, White Privilege

by guest blogger Amy Fellows Today, I had a very clear moment of understanding White privilege. My six-year-old bi-racial daughter was playing with some White neighbor kids, when another girl came over with a very real looking cap gun pistol,…

Explaining “race” versus skin color to my three-year-old

Child labor and Chanukah in Chiapas, Mexico

Thanksgiving/Thanks-taking and privilege

Reflections on Columbus as we prepare for Thanksgiving

On the Spot: Unanticipated Conversations about Race

A hard (but needed) conversation: New York City’s segregated schools

Body conscious talk: Discussing masturbation

Confronting White bias: Bringing my research to my parenting

A messy conversation with my three-year-old about the history of slavery and #BlackLivesMatter

White privilege and imaginary play with guns

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