Talking to kids about Charlottesville

Talking to Young People about

Charlottesville and White Supremacy

Resources for Educators and Parents

Compiled by Border Crossers

For Educators

• Seven Ways that Teachers can Respond to the Evils of Charlottesville, Starting Now, by Xian Franzinger Barrett/AlterNet
• The Charlottesville Syllabus, UVA Graduate Coalition
• The First Thing Teachers should do when School Starts is Talk about Hatred in America. Here’s Help. By Valerie Strauss
• ShareMyLesson.com Curriculum and Resources for Discussing Charlottesville in the classroom, American Federation of Teachers
• Resources for Educators to Use in the Wake of Charlottesville, Anya Kamenetz/ NPR
• There is No Apolitical Classroom: Resources for Teaching in these Times, National Council of Teachers of English
• Charlottesville Syllabus: Readings on the History of Hate in America, Catherine Halley
• If You Think Racism is Too Political For Your Classroom, Think About What Your Silence Says, Sonja Cherry-Paul
• Responding to Hate and Bias in School from Teaching Tolerance

For Families

• How to Talk to your Kids about the Violence in Charlottesville, by Sonali Kohli, LA Times
• The Dos and Dont’s of Talking to Kids of Color about White Supremacy, Hilary Beard, Colorlines
• What Charlottesville Means for Our Black Family, by Lori Taliaferro Riddick
• White Supremacists Still Exist. Here’s What White Parents Can Do About It, Caroline Bologna

Children’s Book Lists

• How to Talk to your Kids about Charlottesville, Maria Russo, NYTimes
• Children’s Books: A Resource for Talking About Race with Young Children, Raising Race Conscious Children
• Knowing Our History to Build a Brighter Future: Books to Help Kids Understand the Fight for Racial Equality, by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
• 40+ Children’s Books about Human Rights & Social Justice by Monisha Bajaj

Taking Action/ Organizing

• things you can do, re: Charlottesville (ongoing google doc)
• Responding to Charlottesville (ongoing google doc)
• Charlottesville Organizers Ask you to Take These 8 Actions, Solidarity CVille
• Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide, Southern Poverty Law Center
• Speak Up: Responding to Everyday Bigotry from the Southern Poverty Law Center
• So You Want to Fight White Supremacy, The Establishment
• Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Will Likely Increase.  Here’s How Not To Be A Bystander by Kelly Walters
• Video tutorial from Buzzfeed
• How to Intervene in a Racist Attack by Akshat Rathi

On White Accountability

• How White People Must Respond to The Disgusting, Pathetic #UniteTheRight Rally in Charlottesville, by Jamie Utt

• What we Need White Allies to Do about the White Supremacists in Virginia, Lara Witt
• I Am Charlottesville, Jenna Chandler-Ward, Teaching While White Blog
• 70+ Race Resources for White People, Leslie Verner
• Towards the ‘Other America,’ Anti Racist Resources for White People Taking Action for Black Lives Matter, by Chris Crass (e-book)
• Ten Things Every White Teacher Should Know When Talking About Race, Angela Watson
• White People: Stop Weaponizing Our Emotions to Avoid Your Racism, Shannon Barber

Self-Care Resources

• 4 Self-Care Tips for People of Color after Charlottesville, Lara Witt
• 4 Self-Care Resources for Days When the World is Terrible by Miriam Zoila Perez
• Self-Care for People of Color After Psychological Trauma, Just Jasmine
• Resisting White Supremacy Can’t Happen Without Self-Care, Ebonye Gussine Wilkins
• Here's what those of us still grieving the election of Donald Trump don't need to hear right now by Kimberly Foster
• 11 Ways Black People Can Practice Self-Care in the Wake of Trump’s Win by Zeba Blay