I’ve recently has another parent ask me about how to talk to their school about Blacks, and non-human simians. I’ve been gathering ideas and information for years, but it’s more about representation in media rather than practical applications in schools. So, I had to give this some thought. This is what I’ve come up with… Read More For Parents and Educators: Monkeys and Anti-Blackness

Habi gani? / What’s happening? The first day of Kwanzaa—UMOJA (unity) The ninth night of Hannukah Boxing Day in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, and other Commonwealth nations. The 2nd day of Christmas, or St. Stephen’s Day in Alsace-Moselle, Austria, the Balearic Islands, Bosnia and Herzegovina,… Read More 26 December

Rather than banning books, how about developing ways to find books that are free of bias and stereotpyes. Oh, I know that doesn’t really matter to book banners, but it should! Representation should matter to all of us. The following are toolkits to help identify stereotypes and biases in youth literature. What to do until… Read More Useful Tools for Parents and Teachers

Don’t ever think there’s a single story for people of African descent in the United States. From the very beginning, some of us were from western Africa, while other were from the north. Some were explorers while too many others were enslaved. Some were always free, others had to purchase freedom or to fight for… Read More 2022 Black/African American Authored MG&YA Books

Recognizing and eliminating anti-Blackness brings greater clarity to “DEIA” work. It does the work to intentionally identify and eliminate race based oppression. Today’s post asks my readers to examine one of the ways anti-Blackness becomes a subconscious act. I think in examining one of the ways we become programmed to think of Black as something… Read More Anti-Blackness, Picture Books, and Christmas