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Climbing the Mount of Mercy on 9/11
Why many Muslims, including me, will be fasting on 9/11.
"Color-Blind" or Color-Brave? Divergent Views on Race & Kids
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Too Much Or Not Enough? Racially Socializing My Black Daughter.
Racial socialization involves the implicit and explicit ways that families convey their own views about race and racism to their children.
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The Gift of White Burnout
I once thought we could get to justice if we could just help poor kids of color get more comfortable with their poverty.
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"Would You Like to Eat?" or "Sit Down and Eat!"?
Thoughts on culturally relevant parenting and teaching.
Children’s Books
Reading Mike Jung's "Unidentified Suburban Object" with my Kids,…
In which an alien inspires reflections on transracial adoption.
Children’s Books
No One Gets a Pass When Writing Multicultural Books
To my dear white author friends who worry about writing multicultural characters and wail, “I can’t win!” - Well, you won’t. In the end, writing these books are not about authors winning, they are about children not losing.
Children’s Books
Children's books featuring kids of color being themselves.…
Your favorite children's books featuring kids of color NOT fighting bigotry, discrimination or enslavement. This list was crowd-sourced the EmbraceRace community and compiled by our intern Nora May.
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An interview with my 11-year-old, activist son
"Anyone can be an activist as long as they have a mind and they can be present." Ever wonder what a young activist sounds like? Before I was a parent I would have said that activists are raised, not born. My 11-year-old son makes me think that maybe it’s a little bit of both. I sat down to talk with him about it.