racial justice resources
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educational videos for parenting
The Atlantic Video: How to Talk to Children about Race
Common Sense Media Video: Helping Kids Process Violence, Trauma, and Race in a World of Nonstop News (CC language translations available on YouTube):
Common Sense Media Video: Parenting in Support of Black Lives: How to Build a Just Future (and How Media Can help (CC language translations available on YouTube):
CNN Video: A look at Race Relations Through a Child’s Eyes
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educational videos for adults
Early Risers presents: Affirming Racial Identity in Early Learning Spaces with Dr. Toni Sturdivant
Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years A film by Debbie LeeKeenan, John Nimmo & Filiz Efe McKinney
Buzzfeed Video on What is Privilege? (Subtitles and languages available)
TedEx Talks Video: Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice (Subtitles and languages available)
Seattle Channel Video: Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses her book, White Fragility – Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
Emmanuel Acho Videos: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (Subtitles and languages available)
New York Times Video: A Conversation with Black Women on Race (Subtitles and languages available)
Rocky Mountain PBS Video: Institutional Racism – Standing in the Gap (Subtitles and languages available)
ActTv Video: Systemic Racism Explained (Subtitles and languages available)
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children’s books storytime read aloud
Hennepin County Libraries: Family Storytime with Dante - Something Happened In Our Town, written by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazzard
Saint Paul Library Storytime Reads, My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood, written by Tameka Fryer Brown
Saint Paul Public Library Juneteenth Read Aloud with Tiana
Saint Paul Public Library Juneteenth Read Aloud with AJ
Saint Paul Public Library Juneteenth Read Aloud with Timothy
Jelani Memory Reads His Book: A Kid’s Book About Racism (Subtitles and languages available)
Kevin Carroll Reads His Book: A Kid’s Book About Belonging (Subtitles and languages available)
Felisha Gayesi-Thames Reads Anansi the Spider, a Ghanese folk tale
Artika Tyner Reads Excerpt from My Name is Justice, written by Artika Tyner and discusses what’s in a name.
Artika Tyner Reads Amazing Africa: A to Z and discusses the book, written by Artika Tyner.
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other videos for young children
Sesame Street Video: What is Racism?
Sesame Street Video: How to Be an Upstander to Racism Song (closed captioning and other languages available)
Sesame Street Video: I Love My Hair! Song (closed captioning and other languages available)
Sesame Street Video: The Color of Me (Mando’s Spanish Version – intro in English – song English and Spanish)
Children's Theater Company of Minnesota: Something Happened in Our Town
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videos for tweens and teens
New York Times Video: A Conversation about Growing Up Black (Subtitles and languages available)
Kid President’s Video Guide to Making a New Friend (talks about different religions and disability) (Subtitles and Languages available)
KQED (Bay Area) Video: Teen Racial Justice Activist First Person Narrative Story (Subtitles and languages available)
Malala Fund Video: Malala Yousafzai and Teen Activists on Learning to Speak Out (Subtitles and languages available)
Buzzfeed Video: What is Privilege (Subtitles and languages available)
Buzzfeed Video: Students Learn a Powerful lesson About Privilege (subtitles and languages available)
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