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Anti-racist education resources for teachers, parents and children

The Fairtrade Schools Team are aware of a variety of anti-racist education resources, which may be of use to teachers, parents and children. Please contact schools@fairtrade.org.uk if you have further recommendations for this list.

Books

• Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults 
• 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
• Vogue: 10 Books to help teach your children about race
• New York Times: These books can help you explain racism and protest to your kids
• New Beacon Books: Specialists in African and Caribbean Literature since 1966
• The Brown Bookshelf: KidLit Rally 4 Black Lives: Anti-racist resources for children, families and educators
• Diverse Book Finder: Finding Diverse Electronic Picture Books
• Time Magazine: Teacher’s List of Anti-racist books for kids goes viral

Podcasts

• Parenting Forward: episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
• Fare of the Free Child
• Integrated Schools: episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”
• NPR: Talking with young children about racism

Articles

• PBS: Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
• Pretty Good Design: Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race
• The Conscious Kid: Critical Conversations

Resources specific for educators

• Sign-up for the Black Cultural Archives mailing list; 90-minute classroom workshops of variety of topics
• EIS: New Anti-racist Education Resources
• Read the EmbraceRace article about 8 tips for choosing ‘good’ picture books featuring diverse, BIPOC characters and explore their library of resources
• Layla Saad’s Anti-Racist Reading List published on the Guardian website