Bellingham Public Library stands with the Urban Libraries Council Statement on Race and Social Equity. Library staff curated the following list of resources for education and discussion.
Talking with Kids
- Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice (PDF)
- A Clinical Perspective on Talking to Kids About Racism
- Educating Our Children: Talking to Kids About Racism & Police Brutality
- Racism and Violence: How to Help Kids Handle the News
- Racism and Violence: Using Your Power as a Parent to Support Children Aged Two to Five
- Starting conversations using Brown Bear, Brown Bear
- Talking to Young Children about Race and Racism
- Anti-Racist Reading List: eBooks and eAudiobooks available with your library card
- Bellingham Public Library Race and Racism Booklists
- Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
- Christian Robinson reading You Matter
- Diverse Book Finder
- Jelani Memory reading A Kids Book About Racism
- Kwame Alexander reading The Undefeated
- How To Be Anti-Racist with Ibram Kendi and Renee Watson
- Raising Equity Podcast
- CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall
- Jason Reynolds and Jacqueline Woodson: Race in America
- Jason Reynolds on the Today Show: Talking to Kids About Race
- Land of the Setting Sun: Lummi Fishing
- Q&A with Dr. Kira Banks: How to Talk to Kids About Racism
- Talking to Kids About Racism with Dr. Kira Banks
- Center for Racial Justice in Education: Resources for Talking about Race, Racism, and Racialized Violence with Kids
- The Conscious Kid
- Embrace Race
- Raising Race Conscious Children
- UW I-LABS Learning Module: Let’s Talk about Race
For Adults
- Business Insider: 26 Simple Charts to Show Friends and Family Who Aren’t Convinced Racism is Still a Problem in America
- Medium: 103 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Scientific American: Special Report: The Black Lives Matter Movement
- Medium: This “Equity” picture is actually White Supremacy at Work
- Harvard Business Review: When and How to Respond to Microaggressions
- Anti-Racist Reading List: eBooks and eAudiobooks available with your library card
- Bellingham Public Library Race and Racism Lists
- 5 Podcasts To Listen To If You Really Want To Know About Race In America
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Seeing White
- The United States of Anxiety
- Yo, Is This Racist?
- Black Skin, White Masks: Racism, Vulnerability & Refuting Black Pathology
- PBS Playlist: Racism in America
- TED Talk Playlist: Talks to Help You Understand Racism in America
- Under Our Skin: What Do We Mean When We Talk about Race?
- The West Was Built on Racism
- White Privilege explained in 5 minutes
- 21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge
- Anti-Oppression Guide: Anti-Racist Resources from New York Institute of Technology Library
- Anti-Racism Guide from Framingham State University Library
- Black Women’s Suffrage from Digital Public Library of America
- Dismantling Racism Works Web Workbook
- I Have a Dream Guide from Howard University Libraries
- National Museum of African American History and Culture: Being Anti-Racist
- Race Forward
- Resisting Racism Guide from University of Washington Libraries
- SAGE Journals: Structural Racism and Police Violence
- Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project from the University of Washington