Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
Jennifer Harvey's: "Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America is a book that parents and non-parents should both read! Harvey clearly explains why: "I don't see race. I look at everyone equally" is a belief that supports continued systemic racism most effectively. She also clearly explains that while an approach seeking and supporting diversity is also not effective in ending racism. "But nonracism is not the same thing as antiracism. It is important to combat stereotypes and biases. But in any context where racism and racial injustice already run rampant, nonracism isn't enough to create equity or justice." (p.19) Harvey gives numerous, effective examples, often from her parenting her two daughters, to show both effective and ineffective strategies. She talks a lot about Children of Color and their parents and how commonly they lack the choices that white parents have. Their children face racism all th