Talking to Kids About Race with Dorena Williamson

Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Dorena Williamson joins us for a beautiful, honest, and at times, uncomfortable conversation about race. Dorena loves the power of story and writes children’s books that adults need too. She is the author of ColorFull, ThoughtFull, and GraceFull, children's books that feature diverse ethnicity and shape perspective on race, disability, and homelessness. She is the co-planter of multiracial Strong Tower Bible Church in Nashville, and a leader with Be the Bridge.

Dorena joins us to talk about her children's books and gives us insight on how to talk to our kids about race. Here are some highlights:

* Why it's necessary for our kids to see color* A biblical basis for every child's identity, regardless of color* A historical perspective on how the United States veered away from the biblical foundation of human creation and worth* Dorena shares practical ways she has taught her kids about race, the history of injustice, and the cultural experiences she gives them.* How we can see our own bias, prejudice, and pay attention to the pain in our stories.

Show Notes:

Find Dorena's books and visit her at dorenawilliamson.com. She has a great list of resources to learn more about growing in racial awareness. Click here for those resources.

Click here for Dorena's book ColorFull!

Click here for Dorena's book GraceFull!

Click here for Dorena's book ThoughtFull!

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0:00.0	Some of us have family members who are saying some things and we don't even realize the impact that that's having or just in culture today.
0:07.0	You know, our kids pick up more than sometimes we know and as parents we can be naive to that.
0:12.0	But if you're foundationally laying out to them that every single human is made in an image of God, whatever their ethnic story, their color, that was God's design.
0:22.7	Then when those lies come from other people, from our new sources, from wherever, your
0:28.0	children have a barrier to refute that.
0:30.9	You are listening to the Famous at Home podcast with Dr. Josh and Christy Straub.
0:36.6	Because when it's all said and done, we all want to know
0:39.9	that we were famous at home. Welcome back to the Famous at Home podcast. We are so excited
0:50.8	today to have Dorina Williamson with us. Dorena, thank you so much for being on the podcast.
0:56.7	Thank you so much for having me, Josh.
0:59.5	This is so great.
1:00.7	So many of the families listening in today, that's our heart's desire, is how do we raise a
1:04.9	generation of kids who understand and see color?
1:08.9	And so thank you for being on the podcast.
1:11.3	I am honored to be here and grateful for the work and the ministry that you guys are doing
1:16.3	and happy to chat with you today.
1:19.0	Absolutely.
1:19.7	So tell us a little bit about your background.
1:21.1	I know you are a pastor's wife and I know that it started or at least a little bit of your
1:26.2	story just with a multi-generational,
1:28.0	multi-generational but also multicultural church, multiracial church. Tell us your experience
1:33.9	about that. Well, I really go a few steps back to the way that God crafted my story
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