AN ANTI-RACIST RESOURCE GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN

It’s never too early

Yumi believes in raising a healthier generation, together. To do this we must raise our children to be actively anti-racist. This anti-racist work begins at home. It is in the books we read. The movies we watch. The conversations we have around the dinner table, at bathtime, and beyond.


We have compiled this living list of resources for both parents and kids. If you have suggestions please submit at the bottom of this page. We will update regularly.

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3-6

months

Babies may begin to notice differences in race (Bar-Haim, 2006)

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3-5

years old

children begin to apply stereotypes, categorize people by race, and express racial bias (Winkler, 2009)

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3

years old

children may use racist language intentionally, creating social hierarchies, evoking emotional reactions in people of color, and producing harmful results (Van Ausdale, 2001)

Read

For Kids

Age 3+ months

Dream Big, Little One

by Vashti Harrison

A baby board version of “Little Leaders,” and “Little Legend,” designed for younger kids and babies.

Antiracist Baby

by Ibram X. Kendi, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky

Antiracist Baby has nine easy steps for building a more equitable world.

Last Stop on Market Street

by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson

Loving story of “Nana” showing her grandson the city via bus.

Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills

by Renée Watson, illustrated by Christian Robinson

The inspiring true story of Florence Mills, born to parents who were both former slaves.

Follow

@blklivesmatter

Official #BlackLivesMatter Instagram. Est. to end state-sanctioned violence against Black people. A call to action and repsonse to anti-Black racism

@colorofchange

We design campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, & champion solutions that move us all forward.

@thecouncilus

✊🏾 National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls #FreeHer

@byp100

BYP100 Action fund is the 501(c)(4) arm of BYP100, a national organization of Black 18-35 yr olds creating justice & freedom for all Black people.

@iamrachelricketts

💞 racial justice educator • spiritual activist • changemaker • healer • author •✨spiritual activism for facing the tough sh*t

@maryamajayi

Founder of @diveinwell cultivating space, community, conversations and change.

@ihartericka

📌 Racial/Social/Gender Justice Disruptor

@laylafsaad

📚NYT Bestselling Author #MeAndWhiteSupremacy

@eliana.chinea

Founder of @embodyinclusivity

@rachel.cargle

building an intellectual legacy through teaching, storytelling & critical discourse. 🌿@thelovelandfoundation🌿@thegreatunlearn🌿@elizabethsofakron

@officialblackwallstreet

The largest #BlackOwned business discovery app!

@unclebobbies

Black-owned book and coffee shop

@esowonbooks

One of the oldest amongst the countries black-owned bookstores

@theconsciouskids

Parenting and Education through a Critical Race Lens. Diverse #OwnVoices Books. Black and Brown Owned. COVID-19 #RENTRELIEF For Families

@mahoganybooks

DC Bookstore specializing in books written for, by or about people of the African Diaspora

Listen

For Kids

On The Shoulders Of Giants

NPR Code Switch

A Tale Of Two School Districts

NPR Code Switch

Dispatches From The Schoolyard

NPR Code Switch

Audie and the Not-So-Magic School Bus

NPR Code Switch

Status Update

NPR Code Switch

Our Homeland Is Each Other

NPR Code Switch

Word Up

NPR Code Switch

Talking Race with Children

Life Kit: Parenting

Harriet Tubman

Bedtime History: Inspirational Stories for Kids

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bedtime History: Inspirational Stories for Kids

Learn

For You

How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change

by Barack Obama

The Death of George Floyd, in Context

By Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker

Of Course There Are Protests. The State Is Failing Black People.

By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New York Times

How to Be an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi

So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo

Watch

For Kids

Hair Love

Hair Love, an Oscar-winning animated short film from Matthew A. Cherry, tells the heartfelt story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time

I Love My Hair!

A Sesame Street favorite

PBS Learning Media

Has a great lineup of short history lessons featuring former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth, scholar Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, and others.

Coming Together: Standing Up To Racism

Sesame Street's Town Hall with CNN

Read

For Kids

Age 3+ months

Dream Big, Little One

by Vashti Harrison

A baby board version of “Little Leaders,” and “Little Legend,” designed for younger kids and babies.

Antiracist Baby

by Ibram X. Kendi, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky

Antiracist Baby has nine easy steps for building a more equitable world.

Last Stop on Market Street

by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson

Loving story of “Nana” showing her grandson the city via bus.

Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills

by Renée Watson, illustrated by Christian Robinson

The inspiring true story of Florence Mills, born to parents who were both former slaves.

Listen

For Kids

On The Shoulders Of Giants

NPR Code Switch

A Tale Of Two School Districts

NPR Code Switch

Dispatches From The Schoolyard

NPR Code Switch

Audie and the Not-So-Magic School Bus

NPR Code Switch

Status Update

NPR Code Switch

Our Homeland Is Each Other

NPR Code Switch

Word Up

NPR Code Switch

Talking Race with Children

Life Kit: Parenting

Harriet Tubman

Bedtime History: Inspirational Stories for Kids

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bedtime History: Inspirational Stories for Kids

Watch

For Kids

Hair Love

Hair Love, an Oscar-winning animated short film from Matthew A. Cherry, tells the heartfelt story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time

I Love My Hair!

A Sesame Street favorite

PBS Learning Media

Has a great lineup of short history lessons featuring former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth, scholar Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, and others.

Coming Together: Standing Up To Racism

Sesame Street's Town Hall with CNN

Learn

For You

How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change

by Barack Obama

The Death of George Floyd, in Context

By Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker

Of Course There Are Protests. The State Is Failing Black People.

By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New York Times

How to Be an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi

So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo

Follow

@blklivesmatter

Official #BlackLivesMatter Instagram. Est. to end state-sanctioned violence against Black people. A call to action and repsonse to anti-Black racism

@colorofchange

We design campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, & champion solutions that move us all forward.

@thecouncilus

✊🏾 National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls #FreeHer

@byp100

BYP100 Action fund is the 501(c)(4) arm of BYP100, a national organization of Black 18-35 yr olds creating justice & freedom for all Black people.

@iamrachelricketts

💞 racial justice educator • spiritual activist • changemaker • healer • author •✨spiritual activism for facing the tough sh*t

@maryamajayi

Founder of @diveinwell cultivating space, community, conversations and change.

@ihartericka

📌 Racial/Social/Gender Justice Disruptor

@laylafsaad

📚NYT Bestselling Author #MeAndWhiteSupremacy

@eliana.chinea

Founder of @embodyinclusivity

@rachel.cargle

building an intellectual legacy through teaching, storytelling & critical discourse. 🌿@thelovelandfoundation🌿@thegreatunlearn🌿@elizabethsofakron

@officialblackwallstreet

The largest #BlackOwned business discovery app!

@unclebobbies

Black-owned book and coffee shop

@esowonbooks

One of the oldest amongst the countries black-owned bookstores

@theconsciouskids

Parenting and Education through a Critical Race Lens. Diverse #OwnVoices Books. Black and Brown Owned. COVID-19 #RENTRELIEF For Families

@mahoganybooks

DC Bookstore specializing in books written for, by or about people of the African Diaspora

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