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Anti-Racist Play List, Part Two

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Nicole and Matthew discuss racial literacy and implementing an anti-biased/anti-racist framework in schools, with help from a bookshelf playlist of stories to keep folks talking. Joining is special guest Tiffany Jewell, a Black biracial writer, twin, first generation American, cisgender woman, an antiracist educator and consultant, mama, and author of This Book is Anti-Racist. This episode is sponsored by: Hey YA, Book Riot’s own podcast about all things young adult lit ImtheStory Nevertell by Katharine Orton To get even more kidlit news and recommendations, sign up for our The Kids Are All Right newsletter!

RELEVANT LINKS:

Tiffany Jewell (website)

#antiracistbookclub (Instagram)

Some Things Are Just For Us (article from Medium)

Racism Is Terrible. Blackness Is Not. (article from The Atlantic)

Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne

BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

MIDDLE GRADE:

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work by Tiffany Jewell; illustrated by Aurelia Durand

Recommended podcasts and Podcasts Episodes:

Hope and Hard Pills  Code Switch Race Traitor Revisionist History (Epsiode – Miss Buchanan’s Period Of Adjustment) Sporkful (Episode – When White People Say Plantation) Teaching While White Two Dope Teachers and a Mic Unlocking Us (Episode – Brené with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist) Unprisoned 1619 Podcast

WHERE TO FIND CHILDREN’S BOOKS DURING QUARANTINE

CLOSING NOTE:

Let us know what books or topics you’ve been sharing this week, or if you have a suggestion or book recommendation for an upcoming episode. Find us on email (kidlitthesedays@bookriot.com) or Twitter (@MatthewWinner and @ittybittyny).