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Parent Perspectives and Guides to Teaching Kids About Race and Racism
Dr. Kira Banks: Talking with Kids About Racism
Dr. Beverly Tatum: Is My Skin Brown Because I Drank Chocolate Milk? TEDxStanford
Chandra Thomas Whitfield: Why I’m not talking to my black sons about the unrest in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing
A Collection of LAUSD Resources
The National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking About Race
Parent Resources for Talking to Kids about Race, Racism, & Black Lives Matter Protests
Top Choices
- Guide: 10 Tips for Teaching and Talking to Kids About Race from Embrace Race/Moms Rising in Spanish and English
- Video: UPDATED Kid Lit Rally for Black Lives from The Brown Bookshelf
- Video: UPDATED “I [STILL] can’t breathe”: Supporting kids of color amid racialized violence
- Video: UPDATED Conversations for the Soul: For Black Mothers Parenting in the Pandemic that is Racism UCLA Parent Empowerment Project on Facebook
- Video: UPDATED CNN and Sesame Street Town Hall
Options in Spanish
- Cómo hablar con tus hijos sobre el racismo
- ¿Cómo hablar con los hijos sobre el racismo y la discriminación?
- Estrategias y actividades para reducir los prejuicios racistas y el racismo
More Options
How to talk to your children about protests and racism by Sandee LaMotte (CNN) in Spanish and English
Talking to Kids About Race
These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids - New York Times
- Tip: if you don’t own or can’t purchase one of the books mentioned, you can search on YouTube for a read aloud of the book by searching the book title + read aloud
How to Talk to Your Children About the #BlackLivesMatter Protests Happening Around the Country
Talking Race with Young Children
- This LIfe Kit episode (about 20 minutes long) provides guidance on talking about race with young children
How Adults Communicate Bias to Children by Jill Suttie
ADDED: Resources for Talking About Race, Racism, and Racialized Violence with Kids from the Center for Racial Justice in Education
ADDED: Ending Police Brutality At-Home Family Action Toolkit from Raising Luminaries
General Mental Health Resources
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24-hour (800) 273-8255
Department of Mental Health 24-hour ACCESS Center (800) 854-7771
Access www.211la.org or call 211 for additional information on counseling services and housing services
School Mental Health - LAUSD smh.lausd.net
School Mental Health Hotline - (213) 241-3840 6AM - 6PM weekdays in English and Spanish
Suicide Prevention - LAUSD suicideprevention.lausd.net
Human Relations, Diversity & Equity - LAUSD humanrelations.lausd.net
National Child Traumatic Stress Network nctsn.org
CA Victims Assistance victimcompensation.ca.gov
Related Books & Read Alouds
Something Happened In Our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins & Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
- In this story, families of different backgrounds talk about a police shooting of a Black man. This Parent/Teacher Guide might be helpful when you use this book with family or students.
Let's Talk About Race by Julius Lester
- This read aloud of the same book read by The Tutu Teacher also includes a talk about race
Chocolate Me by Taye Diggs
A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory
All the Colors We Are: Todos los colores de nuestra piel by Katie Kissinger (Spanish/English Read Aloud)
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
- Sulwe’s Song from the story
Shades of Black by Sandra Pinkney
The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler
Not My Idea - A Book About Whiteness written & illustrated by Anastasia Higginbotham
- For older white students to learn about white supremacy and how to act against it
- One perspective on teaching white and white passing kids about police brutality
- More support for white parents here and here
The information above is provided as a resource for children and families.The content is not endorsed by Los Angeles Unified School District and is not required as part of the District’s educational program.
La información anterior se proporciona como un recurso para niños y familias. El contenido no está respaldado por el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Ángeles y no se requiere como parte del programa educativo del Distrito.
La información anterior se proporciona como un recurso para niños y familias. El contenido no está respaldado por el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Ángeles y no se requiere como parte del programa educativo del Distrito.