Let's Talk About Race

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These toolkits offer know-how such as context, definitions, and issues at play, practical measures and tactics at hand that will help to develop a much needed anti-racist culture at UCL.

Find guidance on white allyship, understand privilege and fragility, consider an alternative perspective while learning how to be an inclusive leader. The book confronts why white people struggle to talk about race, why we need to own this problem, and how we can learn to do the work ourselves and stop expecting Black people to do it for us. In his brief picture book, Lester speaks directly to the child reader, encouraging him or her to tell his or her story, defining all of the attributes of him or herself (like favorite food, religion, heritage, etc. I have been wanting to read this book with my students forever and I am so glad I finally was able to do that.Ingrained, systemic racism is being revealed and yet many white people have been unable or unwilling to talk about it. The imagery used throughout the book helps change understand this greater theme of how from many, we are one.

The author explains that we are all the same under our skin so we really have no reason to judge anyone based on skin color. One of the key findings from Business in the Community’s (BITC’s) Race at Work 2015 survey of 24,457 people, the Race at Work 2018 survey of 24,310 people and the 2021 survey of 24,638 people was that employees from all ethnicities in the workplace said that their employers were not comfortable talking about race. Every year we’ve learned, reflected, and refined the program content – always growing and striving to do better. For Black, Asian and staff of colour in particular as well as those who work to create inclusion, we have collated resilience, support and empowerment resourcesto navigate higher education and workplaces generally.In a time when we are seeing an increased interest in ancestry with individuals finding out about their heritage with home DNA testing, it is likely that conversations about race, cultural identity and background will become even more popular and interesting. He has recorded two albums of original songs, hosted and produced a radio show on WBAI-FM in New York City for eight years, and hosted a live television show on WNET in New York for two years. This is an excellent book, written by one of the most consistently great authors that I have ever read. Lester's poignant picture book helps children learn, grow, discuss, and begin to create a future that resolves differences.