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We are a family…not an “alternative” family

October 9, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Gender, Janet Alperstein, Racial Identity, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS

by guest blogger Janet Alperstein, Ph.D I have heard that my son and I are an “alternative family” too many times. It was said by people who meant well, but it hurt. While my son didn’t overhear many of these…

“Are you a boy or a girl?”: Helping young children think through gender

September 25, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Gender, Katie Schaffer, Race, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: EXPLORE THROUGH PLAY, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Toddlers

by guest blogger Katie Schaffer I’m a queer woman with short hair who often wears button ups and slacks. (I use the word queer to talk about myself because it provides space for the recognition that both gender and sexuality…

My two-year-old’s passion for consciousness-raising

September 22, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Race, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Toddlers

by Sachi Feris In a conversation about stereotypes and children’s books, a colleague (at the school where I teach Spanish to kindergarten and first-grade) mentioned that the song “Baa Baa Black Sheep” contained references to slavery in the United States:…

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,…

“Are you speaking Spanish?”; How to ask questions about differences

September 8, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Racial Identity, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Toddlers, White Privilege

by Sachi Feris One morning, my two-year-old and I took a walk to the playground. She was walking up the steps to the slide where two bigger boys were playing on the landing. I was standing by the slide and…

In response to Charleston: White anti-racist parenting

June 25, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Race, Rev. Emily Joye Reynolds, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Toddlers, White Privilege

by guest blogger Rev. Emily Joye Reynolds Last night at a vigil I heard a Black elder in my community trace herstory through the bombing of a church that claimed the lives of 4 young Black girls, the murder of…

Why I use the words ’Black’ and ‘White’ versus ‘brown’ and ‘peach’

June 16, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Babies, Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle Grades, Race, Racial Identity, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Toddlers, White Privilege

by Sachi Feris In Raising Race Conscious Children’s interactive workshops, participants practice explicitly naming race. I have gotten a lot of questions about the utility of using the words “Black” and “White” as part of the strategy to name race…

What our six-year-olds have to say about gender stereotypes

June 12, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Emily Silver, Kevin Wood, Stephanie Grundy, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS

by guest bloggers Kevin Wood, Emily Silver, and Stephanie Grundy In January, a theater group performed a version of “Princess and the Pea” for our pre-K to second-grade school. The show focused a young woman whose only role was to…

When race and gender intersect: What I want my daughter to know about beauty

May 26, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Gender, Middle Grades, Race, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Toddlers, White Privilege

by Sachi Feris On a trip to Walgreens, my daughter found some Doc McStuffins stickers—a Disney television series featuring an African-American girl who wants to be a doctor. I had purchased Doc McStuffins playing cards for my daughter a few…

“Madeline” by Ludwig Bemelmans, Raising Race Conscious Children

“Madeline,” race, and the problem with ‘good versus bad’

April 24, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Race, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Toddlers

A friend of the family gave my daughter the book “Madeline” by Ludwig Bemelmans along with a Madeline doll. We looked at the Madeline doll together and noted that she has red hair. As we opened the book and started to read, we looked for Madeline but couldn’t find her at first. We then realized that she has blonde hair on some pages and red hair on other pages.

We are a family…not an “alternative” family

“Are you a boy or a girl?”: Helping young children think through gender

My two-year-old’s passion for consciousness-raising

White privilege and imaginary play with guns

“Are you speaking Spanish?”; How to ask questions about differences

In response to Charleston: White anti-racist parenting

Why I use the words ’Black’ and ‘White’ versus ‘brown’ and ‘peach’

What our six-year-olds have to say about gender stereotypes

When race and gender intersect: What I want my daughter to know about beauty

“Madeline,” race, and the problem with ‘good versus bad’

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