'It gets easier the more you talk about it. But you have to start to be able to talk about it at all.'
As a Black father with a blended family, Jelani Memory knew that conversations about racism would be an inevitable part of his six kids' lives – and not just because of the colors of their skin. Jelani has a strict philosophy for raising his children with"unwavering honesty." Always upfront with tough topics and desiring a tangible record of his experience in language his kids could understand, he first wrote a pictured book on racism just for himself and his family.
, which publishes a wide library of simply designed, child-friendly books on all sorts of difficult topics, like anxiety, bullying, disabilities, shame, and, of course, race., why it should be on every child's nightstand, and what parents – white parents, in particular – need to do long after they've finished reading it.I wrote it for my kids – two brown, four white. It started as just a personal project for them.
PS: So many parents say they simply want to"shield" their kids or preserve their innocence. What's the consequence of avoiding these conversations in their early years?I fundamentally believe that parents who want to shield their kids from topics like racism have two things in common: one, they're likely too afraid or uncomfortable to talk about it, which may or may not be true of their kid. And, two, they're white.
And this is almost always a thing for white parents, not Black ones. It's because they have a choice about whether to talk about it or not. Black parents simply don't have the option. Their skin color and race is a constant fact of life as they navigate school, day care, work, driving, walking, and breathing. And the consequence of shielding your kid? You teach them not to see color, thus stripping away the identity of every person of color they meet.
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