Learn

Children Are Not Colorblind: How Kids Learn

Research clearly shows that children not only recognize race from a very young age but also develop racial biases by ages three to five that do not necessarily resemble the racial attitudes of adults in their lives. Check out the following resources.

The Center for Racial Justice in Education

Children Are Not Colorblind

Talk

Talk with Children about Race

The following article uses the language we’ve been learning to develop both short and long term strategies for parents wanting to have conversations with children of all ages.

Talking About Race for Parents

Watch

Watch the movie, The Color of Friendship, the story of a white South African girl who finds herself in a difficult situation when she is sent to spend a term with a black family in America.

Below is a reading of a children’s book, A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory.

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