Tapestry of Voices Resources: Articles and Videos

We are just getting started! This list is by no means complete and we want it to be as inclusive as possible. Please contact us at jahatama@yahoo.com with resources and links you feel should be included. We will update regularly!

• The Movement to End La Chancla — Jezebel

• BIPOC: What does it mean? — Vox

• How to Critically Select Children’s Books with Representations of Disability Experiences — by Monica Kleekamp, Lee & Low

• Publishing Statistics on Children’s/YA Books about People of Color and First/Native Nations and by People of Color and First/Native Nations — Cooperative Children’s Book Center

• Dear Oprah Winfrey: 142 Writers Ask You to Reconsider American Dirt (immigrant experience reading list included)

• The Danger of a Single Story, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ted Talks

• Ableism/Language — By Lydia X. Z. Brown at Autistic Hoya

• Stereotypes and Tropes Navigation — by Writing with Color

• Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color, by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

• Robin DiAngelo’s Anti-Racist Checklist for Whites (pdf)

• 4 Little Things You Can Do to Be Anti-Racist as a Family — by Terri Huggins Hart, Parents

• Racism, whiteness, and burnout in antiracist movements: How white racial justice activists elevate burnout in racial justice activists of color in the United States, by Paul Gorski (pdf)

• Mirrors, Windows and Sliding Glass Doors, by Rudine Sims Bishop (pdf)

• The Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity

• Straight Talk on Race: Challenging the Stereotypes in Kids’ Books — by Mitali Perkins at School Library Journal

• APA Style on Racial and Ethnic Identity

• We Need Diverse Jewish and Muslim Books, by Heidi Rabinowitz and Sadaf Siddique, Horn Book

• Muslims in Children’s Books, by Rukhsana Khan, School Library Journal

• How to Tell the Difference: A Guide for Evaluating Children’s Books for Anti-Indian Bias, by Doris Seale, Beverly Slapin and Rosemary Gonzales, at Oyate

• 4 Little Things You Can Do to Be Anti-Racist as a Family – by Terri Huggins Hart, Parents

• What Not to Do When Encountering Interracial Families and Mixed-Race Kids — by Dani Faust