External Social Justice Resources
The following list of discussion guides, books, podcasts and other resources have been curated by members of NASP Leaders and Staff to help school psychologists, educators, parents, and students engage in learning, self-reflection, and meaningful discussion around the United States’ long history of racism, inequity, and social injustice against Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). These resources are not intended to be all-inclusive but rather offer a variety of starting points and pathways for understanding our systemic and cultural problems and what we all can do as individuals, school systems, and communities to fix them.
Teaching Guides
Five Activities to Promote Diversity in the Classroom https://www.purdueglobal.edu/blog/education/promote-classroom-diversity
National Museum of African American History and Culture https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/audiences/educator
Teaching Tolerance Classroom Resources
https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources
Teaching Tolerance Difficult Conversations http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/TT Difficult Conversations web.pdf
Chicago Public Schools “Say Their Names” Toolkit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eNpj8hR7q_XZljgcC8XM5oZVUA72_h51HmNH0FCLO14/edit
Addressing Race and Trauma in the Classroom: A Resource for Educators
Parent Resources
Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Justice
https://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/beyond_golden_rule.pdf
We Need More White Parents to Talk to Their Kids About Race. Especially Now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/05/22/we-need-more-white-parents-talk-their-kids-about-race-especially-now/
APA’s RESilience Initiative
Parent/Caregiver-Friendly Tools for Addressing Race, Racism and Resistance
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19stkfpbWx3a90v-rDwcZtn0__50umH199CI3ZUPuJ8w/edit?usp=sharing
Resources for Elementary School Age
Children Are Not Colorblind: How Young Children Learn Race
https://www.academia.edu/3094721/Children_Are_Not_Colorblind_How_Young_Children_Learn_Race
How to talk to kids about race and racism, according to experts
http://www.parenttoolkit.com/social-and-emotional-development/advice/social-awareness/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-race-and-racism
Teaching Young Children About Race
https://www.teachingforchange.org/teaching-about-race
Resources for Middle School Age
Supporting Kids of Color in The Wake of Racialized Violence: Part One
https://www.embracerace.org/resources/supporting-kids-of-color-in-the-wake-of-racialized-violenc-part-one
8 Tips for Talking to Your Child About Racial Injustice
https://www.embracerace.org/resources/young-kids-racial-injustice
Teaching About Race, Racism and Police Violence
https://www.tolerance.org/moment/racism-and-police-violence
Don’t Say Nothing
https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2016/dont-say-nothing
Discussion Guides
Center for Racial Justice in Education
National Museum of African American History and Culture Talking to Children About Race https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/audiences/parent-caregiver
American Psychological Association https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/kids-discrimination
Healthy Children, Talking to Children About Racial Bias https://www.healthychildren.org/English/healthy-living/emotional-wellness/Building-Resilience/Pages/Talking-to-Children-About-Racial-Bias.aspx
Talking to Children After Racial Incidents
https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/talking-children-after-racial-incidents
Children’s Book Lists
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/books-with-characters-of-color
Readings for Older Students and Adults
Unequal City: Race, Schools and Perceptions of Injustice by Carla Shedd (NASP national book read)
“White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” by Peggy McIntosh
“Waking Up White” by Debby Irving
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina Love
Podcasts and News Media
New York Times Podcast “1619” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html
YouTube Stand Against Racism Content https://www.youtube.com/user/YouTube
Child Mind Institute, Race and Violence: How to Help Kids Handle the News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob-togu12HU
Life and Privilege Explained in a $100 Race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5fbQ1-zps
NPR: Code Switch https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/
NPR: Talking Race with Young children: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/24/716700866/talking-race-with-young-children
The Atlantic: What Anti-Racist Teachers Do Differently: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2020/06/how-be-anti-racist-teacher/613138/
Netflix: When They See Us - https://www.netflix.com/title/80200549
Netflix: 13th https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741
Booklists and Other Curated Resource Lists
APA Racism, Bias, and Discrimination Resources: https://www.apa.org/topics/racism-bias-discrimination
Sage Publishing: Research-Based Resources to Help You Teach, Talk, and Learn About Structural Racism: https://group.sagepub.com/blog/we-cant-just-go-back-to-normal-research-based-resources-to-help-you-teach-talk-and-learn-about-structural-racism
Harvard University: Racial Justice, Racial Equity, and Anti-Racism Reading List: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/library-knowledge-services/collections/diversity-inclusion-belonging/anti-racist