Additional Resources to Teach About Bias in America Following our #NYSUTchat on June 14th

Thank you for taking part in our #NYSUTchat on Sunday, June 14th!

Below are books and resources our NYSUT Research and Educational Services and ELT departments assembled along with other NYSUT members to complement the resources shared by all of you during our latest #NYSUTchat on Twitter. 

You can read an archive of all of our chats by going to https://wakelet.com/@NYSUT. 

We hope you will find these resources helpful as you engage in critical conversations with both students and colleagues on cultural, racial and historical biases in America. 

21 books for elementary students:

1) I Love My Hair by Natasha Tarpley

2) Bippity Bop Barbershop by Natasha Tarpley

3) Whoever You Are by Mem Fox

4) Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs

5) Girls Hold Up This World by Jada Pinkett Smith

6) Shades of Black by Sandra L. Pinkney

7) I Am Latino by Sandra L. Pinkney

8) The Colors of Us by Karen Katz

9) My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis

10) I Am the World by Charles R. Smith Jr.

11) Can You Say Peace by Karen Katz

12) And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson

13) A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory

14) Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai

15) The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad

16) Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

17) A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara

18) We Are All Alike, We Are All Different by Cheltenham Elementary Kindergarteners

19) The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

20) Don't Touch My Hair by Sharee Miller

21) Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry with the short video here: 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hair-love-won-an-oscar-its-smart-its-funny-and-that-makes-me-furious/ar-BBZXAWH

More Children’s books:

• https://www.maisonette.com/le_scoop/diverse-childrens-books?utm_source=Instagram&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=DiverseBooks 

Early childhood resources: 

• https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-web/lab-wpcontent/sites/96/2020/06/05133841/Talking-About-Race.jpg 
• https://www.iecmhc.org/resources/equity/ 
• https://www.naeyc.org/resources/position-statements/equity 
• https://www.zerotothree.org/policy-and-advocacy/equity 
• https://www.buildinitiative.org/blog/fighting-racism-working-for-equitable-outcomes-for-young-children-and-their-families  

•      There are more images/info on this Pyramid Model page:  
• https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/Implementation/Equity/index.html 
• https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/Training/Webinar/archive/2019/03-27/2019-03-27_Early-Childhood-Suspensions-The-Impact-on-Families.html 

Book list for Adults or Secondary Students: 

Center for Racial Justice and In Education: https://centerracialjustice.org/resources/reading-lists/

Websites:

• Welcoming Schools- https://www.welcomingschools.org/
• Anti-Defamation League (ADL)- https://www.adl.org/
• Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)- https://www.splcenter.org/
• Teaching Tolerance - https://www.splcenter.org/teaching-tolerance
  

Links related to anti-racism and creating an anti-racist workplace: 

• https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/05/how-to-thoughtfully-talk-about-racial-inequality-with-your-coworkers.html 
• https://www.vox.com/2020/6/3/21278245/antiracist-racism-race-books-resources-antiracism 
• https://bthechange.com/4-steps-we-can-take-as-white-people-to-fight-racism-a582e826eb92 
• https://qz.com/work/1864529/how-to-build-an-actively-anti-racist-workplace/ 
• https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/health/how-to-be-an-anti-racist-wellness/index.html 
  

Articles/resources:

• https://nymag.com/strategist/article/black-owned-businesses-support-shop.html 
• https://www.bustle.com/p/what-is-optical-allyship-3-ways-to-be-actively-anti-racist-22956518 
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/06/07/minneapolis-votes-to-disband-police-department/ 
• https://www.bustle.com/p/17-books-on-race-every-white-person-needs-to-read-76401?utm_campaign=feminismbustle&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=owned&utm_content=1591466101 
• https://trudreadz.com/2020/05/24/now-that-your-kids-are-home-teach-them-black-history-they-wont-learn-in-the-american-educational-system/ 

Our #NYSUTchat will return later this summer. If you have ideas for a future #NYSUTchat focused on professional practice, let us know. Thanks for all of the support!