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Speaking of Psychology

Something Happened In Our Town (SOP64)

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3781 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2018

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

"Something Happened In Our Town" is a children’s book about racial injustice from Magination Press, APA’s children's books imprint. The story follows two families — one white, one black — as they discuss the police shooting of a black man in their community. The story aims to answer children's questions about such traumatic events, and to help children identify and counter racial injustice in their own lives. APA is currently seeking proposals for APA 2020, click here to learn more https://convention.apa.org/proposals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Speaking of Psychology, a podcast produced by the American Psychological Association.

0:25.3

I'm your host, Caitlin Luna. I'm joined today by Dr. Marianne Chalano, co-author of Something Happened in Our Town,

0:32.3

a children's book about racial injustice from Imagination Press, which is APA's children's books imprint.

0:38.3

The story written with fellow psychologists and colleagues, Dr. Marietta Collins and Dr. Anhazard,

0:44.3

follows a white family and a black family as they discuss the police shooting of a black man in their town.

0:50.3

The purpose of the book is to spark important discussions within families about racial injustice.

0:56.0

Dr. Cholano is the director of Emory University's Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Program,

1:01.0

as well as a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.

1:05.0

Thank you for joining us today, Dr. Chilano.

1:07.0

Thanks for inviting.

1:08.0

So first I want to talk about what sparked your interest in this topic, you and your co-authors.

1:13.6

I would say a couple of years ago my co-authors and I became increasingly concerned about

1:18.6

the disproportionate police shootings of unarmed African American individuals, particularly

1:23.6

boys and men.

1:25.6

And we wondered how kids reacted to that.

1:28.3

If kids heard about it, how they would react,

1:30.3

what questions they would have.

1:32.3

So we decided to write a book that would sort of be a platform

1:35.3

for parents to discuss these events with their children

1:39.3

and begin to discuss patterns of racial bias and injustice in our country.

1:45.0

So on the topic of that, I'm sure it's very tough for many parents to try to imagine

1:51.0

telling their children about these complex issues, like race issues in America today.

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