Engaging in Racial Equity Conversations
through Reflective YA Literature
Day 1. The Current State of Representation...
Collective Thoughts + Reactions...
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Day 2. The Silence of our Friends...
Initial Understanding: Race = Power + Prejudice
Systems: Criminal Justice, Housing, Healthcare, Education, etc.
Visit Race: The Power of an Illusion.
Optional Reading: Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. "Race is the son of racism, not the father."
Implicit Bias...
2014 Young Adult Literature Symposium Presentation. [Quick beginning only!]
Individual 'Work/Play': Take Harvard’s Project Implicit bias test.
For Reading: Creating the Space To Talk About Race in Your School.
Day 3.
Impressions/Discussion of Day 2 Resources.
To watch on our own...
Break Up into Two Groups (After Tupac): The Hate U Give Reading OR Discussion
Connections...
Day 4. CIRCLES.
Coming Full Circle: CCBC 2017 Multicultural Statistics
Of the approximately 3,700 books we received at the CCBC in 2017, most from U.S. publishers, here's the breakdown:
Of the approximately 3,700 books we received at the CCBC in 2017, most from U.S. publishers, here's the breakdown:
- 340 had significant African or African American content/characters.
- 100 of these were by Black authors and/or illustrators. (29.41% #OwnVoices)
- 216 had significant Latinx content/characters.
- 73 of these were by Latinx authors and/or illustrators. (33.8% #OwnVoices)
- A character in a picture book was 4 times more likely to be a dinosaur than an American Indian child.
- A character in a picture book was 2 times more likely to be a rabbit than an Asian/Pacific or Asian/Pacific American child.
- A female character in a picture book was highly likely to be wearing pink and/or a bow, even if she is a hippopotamus, an ostrich, or a dinosaur.
- A child with a disability appeared in only 21 picture books, and only 2 of those were main characters. Most others appeared in background illustrations.
No More Going Around in Circles!
28 COMMON RACIST ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS THAT INDICATE A DETOUR OR WRONG TURN INTO WHITE GUILT, DENIAL OR DEFENSIVENESS. By Debra Leigh, Organizer, Community Anti-Racism Education Initiative
28 COMMON RACIST ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS THAT INDICATE A DETOUR OR WRONG TURN INTO WHITE GUILT, DENIAL OR DEFENSIVENESS. By Debra Leigh, Organizer, Community Anti-Racism Education Initiative
Look for this CIRCLE in the near future! Link for your topic: https://flipgrid.com/59bd6f Link for Mount Vernon Library Grid: https://flipgrid.com/o400e7 |
Lit Circles!
The Hate U Give Round 2: Carter, Goley, Hobgood, Campbell, Collins*
All American Boys: Hughes, Hur, West, Kruse*
Shadowshaper: Morris, Stivers, Collins*, Kruse*
The Hate U Give Round 2: Carter, Goley, Hobgood, Campbell, Collins*
All American Boys: Hughes, Hur, West, Kruse*
Shadowshaper: Morris, Stivers, Collins*, Kruse*