Have you come across the saying “Racism is something you learn, not something you were born with”?
This saying is very true and it is also extremely easy to verify. In multi-ethnic communities, when observing children playing, you will notice that they will play with anyone. Until an adult tells them not to do so.
Do you know that with the right knowledge you can detect the sources of prejudiced ideas around your children, actively intervene on your child’s thought formation regarding others, drive meanings and values concerning social justice and anti-racism and raise humans that will stand up for themselves and others?
By reading this book you will learn:
- Erikson’s Perspectives on Identity and Ethnicity, so that you can learn about when the process of identity formation starts taking place in your child’s brain and where the most common biased sources of information come from
- The Development of Prejudice, to have a clear idea what prejudice is and its drivers and triggers so that you can act sensibly on it, helping children with their curiosity and questions
- What is Racism and mostly what is Anti-Racism, to redirect your understanding and actions, to shepherd your child’s reactions to diversity and raise conscious anti-racist toddlers, infants, tweens and teens
- What is Social Justice, so that you can explain it to you child and inspire important values concerning equality, fairness and justice
- Anti-Racism tools, thanks to a full chapter of examples on how to behave and what to say when confronted or when witnessing racist incidents particularly in front your children
And much more!
In the light of recent and more frequent events, many parents or adults may find themselves struggling to talk about the concepts of race, ethnicity, racism and social justice with kids. What is discussed depends on a family’s makeup and the community in which they live, but it is important for everyone, independently of ethnicity and belonging, to start having ‘the conversation’ and start learning some tricks and ideas on how to behave when confronted with racist situation and/or people.
“All parents need to help their children think and talk about our country’s racial inequality as a step toward creating a more equal society”.
You can start to educate yourself about the root of prejudice, identity formation, race and racism with this book. This will allow you not to feel uncomfortable or feel you lack knowledge and understanding about the topic when your child shares their concerns and questions about diversity.
What are you waiting for? Click on “BUY NOW” and grab your copy right away!
Reviews (12)
Poorly written and an inadequate resource.
This book reads like a poorly written high school paper. Certain characters didn’t even register on whatever program used to format this book, leading to several boxes with question marks in them instead of the actual character, like an apostrophe. Secondly, a white zoologist is not the one I’d go to for how to talk to kids about racism and social justice. Seek out books by Black authors or at least authors whose careers are immersed in the psychology/sociology of racism and child development.
It's bad, don't buy it.
Terribly written and not even edited. Book was literally missing pages (went from page 6 to page 13) and full of typos, including repeated words and random instances of the letter Q being replaced by a glitch symbol. The writing was BAD bad too, sometimes sentences would change topics halfway through and I would have to reread a paragraph five times before I even understood what the author was trying to say. The content is also really sub-par. It reads like someone Googled "what is racism" and then tried to stitch together the results with no insight, critical knowledge, or context. Some headings are missing paragraphs below them, and the book often briefly touches on the overview of an important concept without ever actually explaining what it is or why it was important to the thesis. Feels like speculation and brainstorming with nothing concrete or illuminating. Absolutely do not buy. Google it yourself and cut out the confused and ineffective middle man.
Great resource
Finally a great book to have to deal with sensitive issues
How has anyone been able to read this??
Just started this book with great expectations and a willingness to learn but the writing/grammar is terrible. I can’t follow what I’m reading due to the misuse or unclear use of words, incorrect use of 1st/3rd person....it’s seriously mind boggling how bad it is...like there was no editing process. Disappointed.
Read the Bible not this
This is garbage!!!read the Bible and it will teach you how to treat everyone!
Great if you have kids
It's so hard to talk to your kids about racism and have they understand it. This book gives you a lot of different ways to communicate this so they learn.
Poorly written and an inadequate resource.
This book reads like a poorly written high school paper. Certain characters didn’t even register on whatever program used to format this book, leading to several boxes with question marks in them instead of the actual character, like an apostrophe. Secondly, a white zoologist is not the one I’d go to for how to talk to kids about racism and social justice. Seek out books by Black authors or at least authors whose careers are immersed in the psychology/sociology of racism and child development.
It's bad, don't buy it.
Terribly written and not even edited. Book was literally missing pages (went from page 6 to page 13) and full of typos, including repeated words and random instances of the letter Q being replaced by a glitch symbol. The writing was BAD bad too, sometimes sentences would change topics halfway through and I would have to reread a paragraph five times before I even understood what the author was trying to say. The content is also really sub-par. It reads like someone Googled "what is racism" and then tried to stitch together the results with no insight, critical knowledge, or context. Some headings are missing paragraphs below them, and the book often briefly touches on the overview of an important concept without ever actually explaining what it is or why it was important to the thesis. Feels like speculation and brainstorming with nothing concrete or illuminating. Absolutely do not buy. Google it yourself and cut out the confused and ineffective middle man.
Great resource
Finally a great book to have to deal with sensitive issues
How has anyone been able to read this??
Just started this book with great expectations and a willingness to learn but the writing/grammar is terrible. I can’t follow what I’m reading due to the misuse or unclear use of words, incorrect use of 1st/3rd person....it’s seriously mind boggling how bad it is...like there was no editing process. Disappointed.
Read the Bible not this
This is garbage!!!read the Bible and it will teach you how to treat everyone!
Great if you have kids
It's so hard to talk to your kids about racism and have they understand it. This book gives you a lot of different ways to communicate this so they learn.
