Anti-Bias / Anti-Racism
Learn About How Race/Ethnicity, Culture, and Bias Integrated into Multiple Domains of Practice in Early Childhood Education:
Pedagogical approaches that aim to counteract discrimination and injustice have been identified as potential ways to reduce pervasive and persistent inequities in education outcomes, which emerge as early as preschool. Despite this potential, however, empirical research is limited and suggests a disconnect between recommended practices for counteracting bias in early childhood education and the implementation of such approaches in everyday classrooms.
Read more about this study at:
Learn About Anti-bias education work in early childhood:
It is shaped by a deep-seated belief in the importance of justice, the dream of each child being able to achieve all he or she is capable of, the knowledge that together human beings can make a difference. Listen to the voices of children who have experienced anti-bias education at school or at home.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion | APA's Inclusive Language Guide
The American Psychological Association (APA), has created an Inclusive Language Guide as a helpful resource for all. In the second edition of the guide, the APA builds on its commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) by addressing harmful language and offering updated definitions. The guide aims to raise awareness and support the use of culturally sensitive terms. APA remains dedicated to evolving the guide to promote effective communication in an increasingly diverse society.
26 Children’s Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism and Resistance
“Research from Harvard University suggests that children as young as three years old, when exposed to racism and prejudice, tend to embrace and accept it, even though they might not understand the feelings.” The following article explains how acknowledging and discussing race with children as early as possible is important and recommended. The article linked below also provides a list of children’s books that can assist in having these conversations.
Anti-Bias Education Resources
(**Please note that there is overlap between these categories**)
Do you have any resources to add? If so, please send the information to Kelly Jamison (keljs@ufl.edu) or Marisa Chin-Calubaquib (msc2166@tc.columbia.edu) to have them added to the document.
Resources for Program Administrators
| Type of Resource | Title and Link | Created by | Link(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book | White Fragility: Why Is It So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism | Robin DiAngelo | https://www.robindiangelo.com/publications/ |
| Book | The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in The Age of Colorblindness | Michelle Alexander | https://newjimcrow.com/ |
| Book | How To Be an Antiracist | Ibram X. Kendi | https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist-1 |
| Book | Between the World and Me | Ta-nehisi Coates | https://ta-nehisicoates.com/books/between-the-world-and-me/ |
| Book | Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America | Ibram X. Kendi | https://www.ibramxkendi.com/stamped |
| Book Recording | So You Want to Talk About Race | Ijeoma Oluo |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9IPKnptplw
https://www.ijeomaoluo.com/ |
| Webinar Recording Book | Don’t look away: Embracing an Anti-Bias Classroom |
Iheoma U. Iruka
Stephanie M. Curenton Kerry-Ann Escayg |
https://home.edweb.net/webinar/bookchats20200428/ |
| Website Book Podcasts | Check your Privilege: Live into the Work |
Myisha T Hill
Brandy Varnado Jennifer Kinney |
https://www.checkyourprivilege.co/live-into-the-work/ |
| Website, Podcast, Videos, Actions, and More | Showing Up for Racial Justice | Many | https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/ |
| Guidebook Recording Resources | Empowering Educators: A Guidebook on Race & Racism | Many |
https://www.fbmarketplace.org/free-resources/
https://www.american.edu/centers/antiracism/ https://www.fbmarketplace.org/free-resources/ |
| Film, resources, and Conversation Guide | The Look | Procter & Gamble | https://us.pg.com/talkaboutbias/ |
| Website, Webinar, Questionnaire |
Representation Matters: Strategies for Building an Inclusive Bookshelf
Classroom Library Questionnaire: How Culturally Responsive and Diverse is Your Classroom Library? |
Lee & Low Books |
https://www.leeandlow.com
Recorded Webinar Questionnaire |
| Website, Reviews, Articles Booklists, Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books, Freedom Reads: Anti-Bias Book Talk Series | Social Justice Books: Teaching for Change | Social Justice Books |
https://socialjusticebooks.org
https://socialjusticebooks.org/guide-for-selecting-anti-bias-childrens-books/ https://socialjusticebooks.org/freedom-reads/ |
| Recording of Panel Discussion | Classroom Libraries as Windows and Mirrors: Ensuring Diverse, Representative Books for Our Students | International Literacy Association with Jackie Jacobs, Jonda McNair, Jane Bean-Folkes, Jane Fleming, moderated by Hannah Ehrlich | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJdYl3vQqc8&list=PLWvLSVUakWYO_4tXRBkaeBvSq6N2Vx2tD&index=22&t=418s |
| Website, Book Recordings, Article |
Black Appetite, White Food
Your Pedagogy Might be More Aligned with Colonialism than You Realize |
Jamila Lyiscott |
https://www.jamilalyiscott.com/
https://www.jamilalyiscott.com/publications https://www.jamilalyiscott.com/your-pedagogy-might-be-more-aligned-with-colonialism-than-you-realize |
| Podcasts | Nice White Parents | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/podcasts/nice-white-parents-serial.html |
Resources for Early Childhood Educators
| Type of Resource | Title and Link | Created by | Link(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article | Race Talk in the Early Childhood Classroom: with resources to learn, reflect, and improve teaching | Margaret R Beneke, and Gregory A Cheatham | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1468798417712339 |
| Article | Moving Beyond Anti-Bias Activities: Supporting the Development of Anti-Bias Practices | Lisa P. Kuh, Debbie LeeKeenan, Heidi Given, and Margaret R. Beneke | https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/mar2016/moving-beyond-anti-bias-activities |
| Article | Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books | Louise Derman-Sparks | https://www.teachingforchange.org/selecting-anti-bias-books |
| Website, Teaching Resources, Parent Organizing Article | Teaching for Change Teaching Young Children about Race- A Guide for Parents and Teachers | Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards |
https://www.teachingforchange.org
https://www.teachingforchange.org/teaching-about-race |
| Website with Articles, Books, Etc. | Anti-Bias Leaders in ECE | Louise Derman-Sparks, Debbie LeeKeenan, and John Nimmo | http://www.antibiasleadersece.com |
| Webinar Recording | Countering Anti-Blackness through Elementary Literacy Instruction (some activities can be adapted) | Kamania Wynter-Hoyte, Eliza Braden, and Michele Myers | http://teacher.scholastic.com/education/webinars.htm?webinar=6176632057001 |
| Website, Articles, Frameworks, Podcasts, Classroom Resources, Much More |
Teaching Tolerance
Teaching First Graders About Microaggressions: The Small Moments Add Up Ending Curriculum Violence Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive |
Many
Bret Turner, Stephanie P. Jones, and Rachael Mahmood |
https://www.tolerance.org
https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/teaching-firstgraders-about-microaggressions-the-small-moments-add-up https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/spring-2020/ending-curriculum-violence https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/online-teaching-can-be-culturally-responsive |
| Article | Bias Isn't Just A Police Problem, It's A Preschool Problem | Cory Turner | https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/09/28/495488716/bias-isnt-just-a-police-problem-its-a-preschool-problem |
| Website, Books, Podcasts, Civic Action Articles, PD, and More | Educators for Anti-Racism | Many | https://www.edantiracism.com |
| Website, Teacher Guides and Lesson Plans for Their Books, Webinar Recording | Representation Matters: Strategies for Building an Inclusive Bookshelf | Lee & Low |
https://www.leeandlow.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ac2HGrDixM&feature=youtu.be |
| Podcast | How to Raise Race Conscious Children | The Preschool Podcast presented by HiMama | https://blog.himama.com/preschool-podcast-sachi-feris/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_09152020 |
| Webinar Recording | Implicit Bias: From Awareness to Positive Change | Dr. Rosemarie Allen at the Military Families Learning Network conference | https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2017virtualconference/allen/ |
| Article | Centering Justice, Equity, and Anti-Racism During Remote Learning | Detra Price-Dennis | https://www.wnet.org/education/blog/centering-justice-equity-and-anti-racism-during-remote-learning/# |
| Article | What Are Mirrors and Windows? | Kimberley Moran | ttps://www.weareteachers.com/mirrors-and-windows/ |
| Podcast, Article | Talking Race with Young Children | NPR, Beverly Daniel Tatum | https://www.npr.org/transcripts/716700866 |
| Recording | Black Faces, White Spaces: Christian Cooper, John Muir & (Re)Claiming a Green World | Carolyn Finney w/ New York Botanical Garden | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzOzzpNap14&feature=emb_logo |
Resources for Parents and Families
| Type of Resource | Title and Link | Created by | Link(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article | Even Young Children Notice What's Happening In The World Right Now | Mariana Dale | https://laist.com/2020/06/02/how-to-talk-about-protests-racism-with-children.php |
| Article | Why You Need to Stop Saying "All Lives Matter" | Rachel Elizabeth Cargle | https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a27075028/black-lives-matter-explained/ |
| Chart/Handout | They’re Not Too Young to Talk About Race! | Children’s Community School | http://www.childrenscommunityschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/theyre-not-too-young-1.pdf |
| Blog, Podcasts, Webinar | Hi Mama Early Childhood Education Blog | Ria Simon | https://blog.himama.com/books-and-tips-for-talking-with-children-about-race/ |