As makers, thinkers, and innovators, at CMA we believe that by learning and playing together, we strengthen ourselves, our community, and content for kids. Conversation, communication, and dialog is key to this, and we encourage our members to speak out against racism and promote understanding.
These resources can be a starting place for our community to educate and prepare themselves for doing the work of building conversation, communication, and dialogue within the children’s media community and with kids directly.
We see this as a living document, so please let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions! Our inbox is always open: info@childrensmediaassociation.org.
AUDIO
Talking Race With Young Children: Podcast episode via NPR
How To Talk To Your Kids About Race, Racism And Police Violence: Podcast episode via WBUR
ARTICLES
Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race via Books for Littles
Here’s How W. Kamau Bell Talks About Race With His Kids via BuzzFeed News
100 Race-Conscious things you can say to your child to advance racial justice via raceconscious.org/
4 Things We Should All Teach Kids About Racism Right Now via Black Girl Dangerous
BOOKS (written for adults)
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
We Got This. – Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor
Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed
BOOKS (written for kids, ordered more or less by target age)
Whose Toes Are Those? by Jabari Asim
Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
BOOK LISTS (written for kids)
No White Saviors: Kids Books About Black Women in US History
Five Iconic African-American Biographies for Kids
VIDEO
How To Be An Ally via Evelyn From the Internets
Bias Isn’t Just A Police Problem, It’s A Preschool Problem via NPR
A Conversation About Growing Up Black via The New York Times
OTHER
Varied resources for teaching about race and ethnicity: via Teaching Tolerance
Talking About Race: Resources from the National Museum of African American History and Culture
ASSOCIATIONS
Mimconnect (Minorities in Media Connect): Digital community dedicated to helping minorities build their careers
Thank you to The Children’s Community School in Philadelphia, Pretty Good, and The New York Times for information and resources included here.
Updated: June 5, 2020