Articles
The Tiresome Question I'm Often Asked About My Brown Kids
When author Megan Dowd Lambert is out and about with her brown children they get all sorts of reactions. The one that vexes her most is when she's asked, “Where are they from?"
"Color-Blind" or Color-Brave? Divergent Views on Race & Kids
Webinars
From 'Best' to 'Next' Practices in Family Engagement for…
We discuss the principles and practices families are using to challenge dominant narratives about race and class and bring about promising new possibilities for racial and educational justice.
Action Guides
Tips for collaborating with other families for educational…
These 5 guidelines offer a starting place for families - working across lines of race, class, language and other identities - to lead change in schools to foster racial and educational justice.
Articles
Islamophobia: The Modern Demogorgon
Along with the regular childhood pressures of fitting in, there is this looming modern Demogorgon that hovers over Muslim children today that makes them feel unwanted, somehow un-American.
Children’s Books
How to choose excellent children's books by and about American…
Stereotypical imagery of Native peoples is everywhere, making it nearly impossible for caregivers to choose children's books that can help their children learn something about Native peoples. These guidelines will help.
Articles
Selected Books and Resources about Adoption, Foster Care, and…
Writer and EmbraceRace contributor Megan Dowd Lambert shares resources and books that she and/or her children have found valuable, particularly with regard to navigating their lives and relationships in a blended, multiracial, queer, adoptive family.
Articles
When the Racist is Someone You Know and Love...
What we allow will continue. What continues will escalate.
Articles
The Messy Story Behind the Black Lives Matter Sign in my White…
Author Shannon Cofrin Gaggero discusses her experience displaying a Black Lives Matter sign in her white family's home.