5.18: What Do I Do When My Child’s School Says to Leave Anti-Racism at Home?

First Name Basis Podcast

Jasmine Bradshaw

How To, Parenting, Education, Kids & Family

5 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

I recently received a question from a parent in our First Name Basis fam that boiled down to: what do I do when my child’s school says to leave anti-racism at home? I have a hunch that many of you are in a similar situation, or know of a school in your area who would say the same thing. Tune in to learn a few action steps that you can take to partner with your child’s school and create an environment where children are embraced, respected, and protected.

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Articles, Studies & Podcasts Referenced In The Episode

First Name Basis Podcast, Season 5, Episode 16: “Age Appropriate Anti-Racism”

Song Credit: “Sleeper” by Steve Adams” and “Dive Down” by VYEN

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0:00.0	You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, Season 5, Episode 18.
0:05.5	What do I do when my child's school says to leave anti-racism at home?
0:17.3	Teaching our children to be inclusive and anti-racist starts with us within the sacred walls of our home.
0:25.5	First-name basis is designed to empower you with the confidence you need to be a leader in your
0:30.4	family and a change maker in your community. Together, we will wrestle with hard questions and use the
0:36.7	answers to create the world we want,
0:39.6	a world that reflects our values of inclusion, compassion, and courage.
0:44.9	I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw, and I am so excited to be on this journey with you.
0:52.7	Hello, First Name Basis, fam. I am so glad you are here.
0:58.3	Y'all, I forgot to tell you last week that it was the season finale of season five. I totally
1:06.1	spaced it. Last week, I was so zeroed in on Ally Elementary and Ally Elementary Jr. We had the best time
1:13.5	opening enrollment. It is now closed and we have already started. Last night we had our very first
1:19.0	Q&A. But I was so zeroed in on all of that that I totally forgot to tell you that it was supposed
1:24.6	to be the last episode of the season. I'm like, people are going to be
1:28.2	like, where did she go? Why don't we have any new episodes? That is because season five is now over.
1:36.2	So we are taking a break to get ready for season six and to get ready for some really exciting
1:42.7	programs and projects that we have coming up next season
1:46.0	and over the summer. But we will be back on May 10th. So the very first episode of season 6 will
1:52.0	start on May 10th. I'm really excited because it's called Racism is a Big Fat Lie. And I actually
1:58.0	have a two-part series that I've been waiting to make for you since,
2:02.0	oh man, it's been a long time. I had this idea during season four, so it's been quite a while
2:07.4	that I wanted to make these episodes and it just never was the right time. So it's coming up in
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