Raising White Kids
by Jennifer Harvey
you are white, you want to raise a child who can see and respond to racism, and you don't know exactly how to start those conversations
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you are white, you want to raise a child who can see and respond to racism, and you don't know exactly how to start those conversations
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Harvey is a white mother and theologian who watched white progressive parents — herself included — struggle to talk to their children about race in ways that were honest and effective. She argues that colorblindness is not the answer: pretending not to see race teaches children to pretend, not to understand. This book is the practical guide for white parents who want to raise children who can actually see racial injustice and know what to do about it — not through guilt but through genuine moral formation. The most honest and most useful guide on this shelf for white parents navigating this conversation.
Where This Book Lives
- Themes
- parentingrace and racism
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For the family bookshelf
Same idea, written for a younger reader. Good for reading together.
