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Jun 2020
40m 13s

How Do We Talk About Racism?

Jillian Michaels | Crossover Media Group
About this episode

Diversity & Inclusion expert and blogger Charnaie Gordon joins Jillian to talk about how to have an open and honest conversation with your kids about race and racism.

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CharnaieGordon.com, HereWeeRead.com, @HereWeeRead on Instagram, Twitter, FaceBook, Pintrest

Charnaie’s Booklist from this episode:

For Toddlers:

Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi

Colors of Us by Karen Katz

All the Colors We Are by Katie Kissinger

Shades of People by Shelley Rotner & Sheila M. Kelly

For Older Children:

Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard

For Parents:

White Fragility by Robin Diangelo


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