On this page you'll find various tools such as books, podcasts and videos to support teachers' critical reflection on the role of race and identity in their teaching practices.
Race and Teaching
Children's Developmental Understanding of Race
They’re Not too Young to Talk About Race
This graphic is backed by research, showing the beliefs about race that children develop at an early age.
Books
- I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
- by Austin Channing Brown
- Stamped from the Beginning or Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning
- by Ibram X Kendi or by Ibram X Kendi and Jason Reynolds
- So You Want to Talk About Race
- by Ijeoma Oluo
- How to Be an Anti-Racist
- by Ibram X Kendi
- Raising White Kids in a Racially Unjust World
- by Jennifer Harvey
- Me and White Supremacy
- by Layla F. Saad
- The New Jim Crow
- by Michelle Alexander
- The Inner Work of Racial Justice
- by Rhonda V. Magee
- Between the World and Me
- by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Fire Next Time
- by James Baldwin
- White Fragility
- by Robin DiAngelo
- The Hate You Give
- by Angie Thomas
- Dear Martin
- by Nic Stone
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
- by Beverly Tatum
- We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
- by Bettina Love
- Multiplication Is for White People and Teaching When the World Is on Fire
- by Lisa Delpit
- Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
- by Zaretta Hammond
- These Kids Are Out of Control: Why We Must Reimagine Classroom Management for Equity
- by Rich Milner IV
- Despite the Best Intentions
- by Lewis & Diamond
- Dreamkeepers
- by Gloria Ladson-Billings
- The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies
- by Patricia Gandara
Textbooks
- Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives (9th ed.)
- Banks, J. A., & McGee Banks, C. A.
Wiley & Sons (2016) - Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice (3rd ed.).
- Gay, G.
Teachers College Press (2018) - Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students.
- Hammond, Z., & Jackson, Y.
Corwin (2015) - “These Kids Are Out of Control”: Why We Must Reimagine “Classroom Management” for Equity.
- Milner, R. et al.
Corwin (2019) - Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World.
- Paris, D., & Alim, H. S.
Teachers College Press (2017) - Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education (2nd Ed) .
- by Paul C. Gorski & Seema G. Pothini
- Reclaiming The Multicultural Roots of U.S. Curriculum: Communities of Color and Official Knowledge in Education
- by Wayne Au, Anthony L. Brown, & Dolores Calderón
- Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy
- by Gholdy Muhammad
Videos
Podcasts & TED Talks
- The Problem We All Live With
- This American Life
- Leading Equity
- Leading Equity Center
- NPR: “Code Switch” Podcast
- National Public Radio
- TED Talks on Racism in America
- Talks to help you understand racism in America
- Scene on Radio Seeing White
- This 14-part podcast series explores where the notion of “whiteness” came from, what it means, and what whiteness is for.
- Nice White Parents
- The New York Times
- 1619: A Podcast
- The New York Times
- Throughline
- NPR
- Teaching Hard History
- Teaching for Justice
Social Media
This is not a comprehensive list, but these accounts provide a counter-narrative to the dominant narrative perpetuated on social media.
- Authors & Activists
- @rachel.cargle - author
- @laylafsaad - author
- @austinchanning - author
- @ibramx - author
- @jasonreynolds83 - author
- @ava - filmmaker/producer/director
- @eji_org - lawyer/activist
- @theantiracistsocial.club - activist
- @antiracistbookexchange
- @theantiracistbookclub
- @growingwithmxt activist
- Education
List of Diverse Children’s Books
First read this:
10 Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Racism and Sexism and this article, based on it. Take the time to analyze the books you have in your classroom library and find ways to add diverse and culturally relevant ones.
List of Diverse Children's Books
- Virtual Read Aloud to Amplify Black Voices - Bookmarks (Netflix)
- We Need Diverse Books and Booktalking Kit
- Social Justice Books
- Here Wee Read
- EduTopia
- Learning for Justice
- The Conscious Kid
- Embrace Race
Articles