Today is Black Shirt Day – a day to commemorate the ongoing struggle for civil and human rights by Black and racialized Canadians.
I believe that anti-racist education starts with
a) understanding the meaning of important words such as racism, discrimination, and stereotyping so that we can recognize them in ourselves and others
b) operating from a place of kindness, respect, and understanding of both our similarities and differences as human beings.
Today we discussed some of these words and read a book called “Let’s Talk About Race”. There are many wonderful books in our library that we will continue reading and discussing in our class.
Here is a link to some video read-alouds from the Netflix Jr. Bookmark series.
Here is a link to a collection of Epic books that you can read as a family. Our class code is pgb1797.
Please continue these conversations at home. I am happy to help with any resources you may need.