Let's Talk About Race

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Find guidance on white allyship, understand privilege and fragility, consider an alternative perspective while learning how to be an inclusive leader. Karen Barbour's dramatic, vibrant paintings speak to the heart of Lester's unique vision, truly a celebration of all of us. In the absence of making antiracist choices, we (un)consciously uphold aspects of white supremacy, white-dominant culture, and unequal institutions and society. What childhood experiences did you have with friends or adults who were different from you in some way? These toolkits offer know-how such as context, definitions, and issues at play, practical measures and tactics at hand that will help to develop a much needed anti-racist culture at UCL.

Learning to put in the effort to intentionally learn about and consider the lived experiences of those who are different to you, is the first step towards avoiding unintentional harm and will help you on your anti-racism journey. My only criticism is that as he lists the different ethnicities found in America, he skips over Middle Easterners, and I would be concerned about that considering the post-9/11 political events and discourse in the U. This book real connecting with me on a personal level because I know some people who judge others based on their skin color and culture.

The Library Services team have pulled to a reading list covering Race, Policy-making and Practicing Antiracism in Higher Education, BAME Experiences in Higher Education, Anti-Racism and Wellbeing, Whiteness and Privilege and other resources. I also like the author’s idea in which if a person is stripped down to the bone, we would not be able to tell anyone apart.

This text will be incredibly useful for children’s librarians, teachers, and parents looking to provide a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive education for the children they serve. To access your ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose.Julius Lester has written a very powerful book that is meant to get children thinking about the topic of race and prejudice. Here you'll find links and information about talks, podcasts, and other College activity all intended to drive positive change and greater understanding of race and racism. His most recent picture book, Let's Talk About Race , was named to the New York Public Library's "One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing. It was published in 2005, when I was 12 years old, and I can definitely say this kind of colourblindness is something that was prominent then and it took a lot of unlearning for me personally. I highly encourage anyone who leads storytimes at their library to consider adding this (quick) read to their upcoming professional development plans.

Pause, reflect, reframe: Deep discussions on co-creating a decolonial approach for an antiracist framework in occupational therapy. Julius then talks about how we are so much more than our race and tells us some of the things he likes to do. If my students were in primary grades, I'd definitely do a picture walk first because the illustrations are striking and tell a lot. She has recently left the NHS to focus on providing culturally competent therapy and supervision in both the public and private sector. This is a space where we provide tools, resources, support, and training to start a Let’s Talk Race experience in your community.

This stunning picture book introduces race as just one of many chapters in a person's story" ( School Library Journal ).

One of the key findings from Business in the Community’s (BITC’s) Race at Work 2015 survey of 24,457 people, the Race at Work 2018 survey of 24,310 people and the 2021 survey of 24,638 people was that employees from all ethnicities in the workplace said that their employers were not comfortable talking about race.Let’s Talk Race confronts why white people struggle to talk about race, why we need to own this problem, and how we can learn to do the work ourselves and stop expecting Black people to do it for us. This might be through formal education and training or by accessing the vast amount of resources available for self-learning.