Teaching Kids About Social Justice

In today's episode of Raising Adults, Deana and Kira are back with an important topic: teaching kids about social justice. Because she is not a DEI educator, Kira shares who she is learning from and what the application looks like in her home.

 

"We cannot help the next generation to dismantle racism, challenge racial inequality, and imagine an America of inclusion, if we, as white parents, do not openly discuss the oppression and injustices that are inherent in the very design of our country, which was established by white men who believed that they were the superior race." - Elisabeth Lepine

 

Today's discussion includes: 

• Appropriate vs. inappropriate resources (6:22)
• Apron Education and Read Like a Rock Star Teaching (7:46)
• The Conscious Kid, Little Justice Leaders and Brownicity (10:01)
• The framework Kira uses in her house (11:56)
• Modeling action and helping kids learn to take action (19:34)
• How to talk about the complexities and when we get it wrong (23:11)
• Accept the discomfort - if we're not educating ourselves, we're not doing the work (25:36)
• Gracefully receiving feedback so we can do better (29:09)

 

Thanks for joining us today for this important topic. What was your biggest takeaway? Please come and share it with us on our social media!

 

Resources Mentioned 

Read Like a Rock Star Teaching Website 

Read Like a Rock Star Instagram

 

Apron Education Website  

Apron Education Instagram

Unpack Your Impact 

 

We Need Diverse Books Website  

We Need Diverse Books Instagram 

 

 

The Conscious Kid Website  

The Conscious Kid Instagram 

 

Little Justice Leaders Website  

Little Justice Leaders Instagram 

 

Brownicity Website 

Brownicity Instagram 

 

 

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