Equity and Justice Resources
At United Friends School, we believe it is important to discuss issues surrounding diversity, equity and social justice with our students. Here are some of the resources that educators and parents can utilize in the classroom and in the home to discuss these important topics.
- Black Lives Matter in Early Childhood: Reaffirming black lives and experiences. Modeling excellent teaching, resources
- Unicef: Why Kids of All Races Need to Know How to Talk About Race and Racism
- How to do anti-racist work with school communities: 5 experts weigh in
- A best-of-the-best collection of resources for social justice- and equity-focused educators.
- Systemic Racism explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHIQIO_bdQ
- Teaching Tolerance: Why teaching BLM matters
- EDutopia: A Guide to Equity and Antiracism for Educators
- Teachers ‘Cannot Stop at Conversations’ About Racism
- Ibram X. Kendi Ted Talk, How to Build an Antiracist World, June 2020
- Ways teachers can build resilience so they make systemic changes
- Where Lynching Terrorized Black Americans, Corporal Punishment In Schools Lives On.
Resources from the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS)
Books
- So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Richard Rothstein
- Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present Harriet A. Washington
- The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap Mehrsa Baradaran
- Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor Layla Saad
- The Fire Next Time James Baldwin
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- 37 Children’s books to help talk about racism and discrimination Colors of Us
- The ABCs of Diversity: Helping Kids (and Ourselves!) Embrace Our Differences Carolyn B. Helsel and Y. Joy Harris-Smith
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Richard Rothstein
- Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates (we have it in our school library!)
- Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Robin DiAngelo
- Blind Spot – Hidden Biases of Good People Anthony G. Greenwald and Mahzarin R. Banaji
Articles
Historical
- Henry Louis Gates Jr. Points To Reconstruction As The Genesis Of White Supremacy NPR (Terry Gross)
- The 1619 Project New York Times
How Students Can Take Action
How to Speak to Children
- George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor – What do we tell our children? Alia E. Dastagir, May 31, 2020
- Helping Children Cope with Frightening News ChildMind Institute, Harold S. Koplewicz, MD
- How to talk to your children about protests and racism Sandee LaMotte, June 1, 2020
- Supporting Kids of Color in the Wake of Racialized Violence – Parts One & Two
- Talking to Children After Racial Incidents Penn Graduate School of Education interview with Howard Stevenson, PhD
How to Teach About Racism and Civil Unrest
- Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice Teaching Tolerance
- National Museum of African American History & Culture: Talking About Race Resources
- Understanding Race and Privilege National Association of School Psychologists
Racialized Trauma
- My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Resmaa Menakem
White Allies
- What Can White People Do? Ali Michael, PhD
White Fragility
- A Sociologist Examines the “White Fragility” That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism New Yorker
Other DEI Resources
- Bryan Stevenson on the Frustration Behind the George Floyd Protests The New Yorker
- Can We Talk About Race? Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum