1.9: Small Wins: Teaching 3rd Graders About Melanin, Race, and Civil Rights

First Name Basis Podcast

Jasmine Bradshaw

How To, Parenting, Education, Kids & Family

5 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we share stories of how we’ve used the lessons we learn through First Name Basis in real life.

Jasmine tells the story of how she was taught the history of Ruby Bridges when she was in 3rd grade. It’s difficult history and it wasn’t easy to process especially at such a young age.

Now that Jasmine is a teacher herself, she recently had an opportunity to teach her third graders about Ruby Bridges. It was a redemptive experience to teach her story in a way that acknowledged the painful truth, but also made space for healing and hope.

Articles, Studies, & Podcasts Referenced in the Episode

Ruby Bridges, National Women’s History Museum

Revisionist History Podcast, Season 2, Episode 3: Malcolm Gladwell

Song Credit: “Away” by Geographer and “Beach Disco” by Dougie Wood

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, Episode 9, Small Wins, teaching third graders about melanin, race, and civil rights.
0:17.0	Welcome to First Name Basis, a community of parents committed to making the transformation,
0:23.2	from good intentions to confident action.
0:25.9	Join us each week as we cover critical topics and answer the questions you've never felt comfortable asking.
0:31.5	We'll use the lessons we learn to teach our children about race, religion, and culture.
0:36.4	I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw.
0:51.7	Hello, First Name Basis, fam. I am so glad you are here. Today we have an exciting episode for you
1:00.1	and I'm starting a new series called Small Wins. I was thinking about our podcast and first name
1:07.8	basis and our goals and remembering that a lot of you are just starting on
1:12.4	this journey and it's really kind of tough sometimes these conversations can be scary and make us
1:20.6	anxious and i was preparing to teach about civil rights to my group of third graders and it was making me anxious and I was thinking
1:29.5	you know what we really need to celebrate these small wins these conversations that we're having
1:35.9	the journey that we're on we need to take some time and celebrate because what we're doing
1:41.3	can be intimidating but when it goes well oh goodness, that is the very best feeling.
1:47.2	So I wanted to share a celebration, a small win with you, and I want you to share them with me.
1:53.0	So if you've had a conversation with your child or someone in your neighborhood or somebody you love about race, religion, or culture,
2:03.8	share it with us. All you have to do is record a voice memo of yourself on your phone.
2:09.8	You should have a voice memo app on your phone. We all do. Just record a voice memo of you
2:14.9	talking about your small win, of what you did, of the inclusive book that you
2:20.1	got from the library, or the way that you were able to shut down a racist joke, or how you
2:26.5	were able to lovingly remind somebody to use people-first language or identity-first language.
2:32.2	Record a voice memo of yourself yourself telling us the story of what
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