Encore: Talking to Kids About Racism

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

First, an announcement: we’re excited to show you our new best-of playlist. Let us know if we’ve done an expert interview that you think is missing from the list. In this episode from 2020, where Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Rebecca Lavoie were joined by Trina Greene Brown, the founder of Parenting for Liberation, to answer questions about race and police violence. We’ve also unlocked the Slate Plus bonus segment from this episode, where Jamilah was joined by Dr. Kira Banks to answer a listener question about colorism and complexion bias. Resources: ⁠Parenting for Liberation⁠ ⁠Parenting for Liberation podcast⁠ ⁠Parenting for Liberation: A Guide for Raising Black Children⁠ ⁠Raising Equity⁠ ⁠Raising Equity YouTube channel⁠ ⁠Raising Equity podcast⁠ ⁠Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?⁠ by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum ⁠The Color Complex: The Politics of Skin Color in a New Millennium⁠ by Kathy Russell, Midge Wilson and Ronald Hall. ⁠A History of Policing⁠, an online class by ⁠Freedom Lifted⁠ for young people. The “⁠American Police⁠” episode of NPR’s ⁠Throughline⁠ podcast. Rebecca Lavoie’s ⁠instagram post⁠ of Henry’s protest sign. Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content — and you’ll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus – or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Podcast produced by Maura Currie and Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On June 25th, Ironheart arrives on Disney Plus.
0:03.0	Rui, what is going all with you?
0:04.8	From Marvel Television, an executive producer, Ryan Coogler.
0:07.8	I wanted to build something undeniable, but now I'm in trouble.
0:10.7	Don't miss the sixth episode of Vand.
0:12.7	I joined a crew of criminals, and now I'm about to get killed by a Drenched Man in a Cake.
0:17.4	Be the first to experience the all-new series.
0:20.5	You've bitten off a hell of a lot more than you can chew.
0:22.7	Don't get you a lot.
0:23.5	Marvel Television's Ironhard.
0:25.4	Streaming June 20th, only on Disney Plus.
0:27.7	18 plus subscription required.
0:29.1	Deasance and Cs Apply.
0:30.1	Hey listeners, it's Elizabeth.
0:31.7	Juneteenth is a holiday for Slate, so we're off today, but we did want to share a cool announcement with you and an old episode
0:38.3	that we think you'll love.
0:39.7	First, the announcement.
0:40.9	We've started a best of list of our favorite episodes on Spotify.
0:45.3	Think of it as your go-to pool of experts on all things parenting.
0:49.4	We're linking to it in the show notes, but you can also find the playlist by searching for
0:53.7	parenting school,
0:55.1	Karen Feeding's smartest moments on Spotify. This list is being built as we speak because this show
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