Episode 19: Racial Literacy 101: Building an Essential Skill with Charles Adams

Episode 19: Racial Literacy 101: Building an Essential Skill with Dr. Charles Adams

Many people assume that racial literacy simply means being knowledgeable about race, but it's so much more!

In this episode Collette & Lisa get personal about what they talk about with their own kids, what we know about racial literacy, and what we’re learning.

Our guest, educator and non-profit leader Charles Adams of the Lion's Story, is deep in the work, and he wants you to know that racial literacy is skills based -- it starts with making observations, understanding encounters, and intentionally practicing ways to resolve racially stressful situations

Learn what it means to be racially literate, and how this skill is essential for children particularly in predominantly white institutions. Like most learning, it starts at home.

SHOW NOTES

Learn more about the work Charles does at The Lion’s Story —-

Check out the Racial Empowerment Collaborative --

Dr. Howard Stevenson's Ted Talk: How to Resolve Racially Stressful Situations --

TedMD Blog: How Racial Literacy Makes It Possible for Our Children to Keep Belonging Without Having to Fit In —

Meet a young man whose search for his family story became a refuge from a difficult school life —

Pennsylvania State Rep. Chris Rabb shares how the story of his 16 freed ancestors inspires his continued fight against racial inequity

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