Race and Teaching

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.

 

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Children's Developmental Understanding of Race
Graphic Depicting research related to racial issues with young children
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

 

Books for Educators and Adults

I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
by Austin Channing Brown
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
The Fire Next Time 
by James Baldwin
White Fragility
by Robin DiAngelo
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 
by Lisa Delpit
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 H. Richard Milner, Heather B. Cunningham, Lori Delale-O'Connor, and Erika Gold Kestenberg
Despite the Best Intentions 
by John B. Diamond and Amanda E. Lewis
Dreamkeepers
by Gloria Ladson-Billings
The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies
by Patricia Gándara and Frances Contreras
The Racial Contract
by Charles W. Mills
Negroes with Guns
by Robert F. Williams  

Books for Young Adults (Secondary Students)

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
Between the World and Me 
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
Dear Martin
by Nic Stone
How to Be a Young Anti-Racist
by Ibram X Kendi and Nic Stone
Punching the Air
by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
by Bryan Stevenson
Internment
by Samira Ahmed
Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi
Like a Love Story
by Abdi Nazemian
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time
by Tanya Lee Stone
Piecing Me Together
by Renée Watson
All American Boys
by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Videos

Microaggressions in K-12 classrooms

The Difference between Being "Not Racist" and Antiracist | Ibram X.

The Myth of Race 

This video talks about how books can be used to show the world around them and to reflect the identity of children.

This video shares the experiences of young adults who had to speak on behalf of their parents and the effect it had on them.

A brief video explaining systematic racism

This documentary aligns well with Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow.” It provides a backdrop for racism in America and how that has led to mass incarceration.

Debunking The Most Common Myths White People Tell About Race | Think | NBC News

Gender Identity and Pronouns - What Will You Teach The World?

Why we must confront the painful parts of US history.

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable | TED Talk by Luvvie Ajayi Jones

How America's public schools keep kids in poverty | TED Talk by Kandice Sumner

Every kid needs a champion | TED Talk by Rita Pierson

Podcasts & TED Talks
The Problem We All Live With
This American Life
Leading Equity
Leading Equity Center
“Code Switch” Podcast
National Public Radio (NPR)
TED Talks on Racism in America 
 
Seeing White
Scene on Radio
Nice White Parents
The New York Times
1619: A Podcast
The New York Times
Throughline
National Public Radio (NPR)
Teaching Hard History
SPLC - Learning for Justice
Queer America
SPLC - Learning for Justice
Here Wee Read: A Bookish Podcast
Here Wee Read
Social Media

This is not a comprehensive list, but these accounts provide a counter-narrative to the dominant narrative perpetuated on social media.