Nurturing antiracist white kids course

An online course for caregivers and educators

For parents, caregivers, and educators who want to:

REFLECT on the ways race shapes children’s experiences

ENGAGE in meaningful, age-appropriate dialogue about race with kids

NURTURE children’s desire to act against racism in practical ways

IDENTIFY their own unique paths to antiracism as parents, caregivers, and educators.

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Learn strategies, get support, and discover your next steps in guiding the White children in your life towards antiracism.

Do you struggle over how to talk to children about race in an age-appropriate, natural way?

You don’t want to stay silent, but you don’t want to overwhelm children either. Surely there are ways to have organic conversations that don’t feel stilted, even with the youngest kids.

Are you eager to talk about race with your learners, but afraid of how caregivers will react?

In a climate of books bans and curriculum censorship, it’s hard to decide how to proceed, but you know this important work can’t be ignored.

Do you sometimes feel like you’re the only parent of White kids who’s talking to them about racism?

There must be other adults doing this work with children, but you aren’t sure where to find them.

Are you ready to move beyond dialogue into antiracist action with children?

Having a roadmap of possibilities for different ages and personality types can give you the jump start you need.

If you want to do your part to create a world where all children are treated justly:

Ready to take bolder steps, but don’t want to figure it out on your own? Nurturing Antiracist White Kids is for you!

Here’s how Nurturing Antiracist White Kids can help:

You’ll learn practical strategies for age-appropriate conversation and action with kids about race.

Through personal reflection and practical exercises, you’ll increase your courage and resilience for doing antiracism work with kids.

You’ll explore ways to break free from patterns of White silence about racism that harm Children of Color and White children alike, all while building community with other caregivers and educators.

“I recommend Nurturing Antiracist White Kids to other parents, caregivers, and educators for sure. It will guide you, at a good pace, to really envision and then put into practice helping your children challenge racism.

The course helped me look at my children’s different developmental stages and personalities to figure out how to reach each one in ways that fit where and who they are now.”
Beth Harper

Imagine:

Here’s what we’ll explore in Nurturing Antiracist White Kids:

Unpacking our own racial identities and how racism harms children (Module 1)

What messages about race from our own childhood are affecting how we show up at home or in the classroom? How does White supremacy harm both People of the Global Majority and White people?

Talking to kids about race in age-appropriate ways (Module 2)

What creates a real back and forth, empathetic and compassionat,e dialogue with kids (instead of boring lectures they’ll tune out)? How do children’s abilities to examine and understand race and racism change at each developmental stage, from preschool through adolescence? What are age appropriate ways of talking about sensitive topics like racist violence?

Correcting racism without shame (Module 3)

How can we correct kids’ racially biased comments and behaviors without using shame or guilt? What helps children move out of White fragility? How should we respond if children feel guilty about being White?

Guiding White kids – including multiracial White kids – towards healthy racial identity development (Module 4)

How can White children and multiethnic White children understand what race means in their own lives? What can adults do to help kids embrace antiracism, without thinking of themselves as saviors?

Equipping kids for resistance and action (Module 5)

How can we teach children about the many people who have resisted racism, today and from history, both People of the Global Majority and White folks? What supports kids’ ability to take action against racism in the ways that are best suited to their unique personalities?

BONUS Trainings

An entire bonus module for educators and community workers on collaborating with families and administration, classroom strategies, and group antiracism activities.
An in-depth interview with Dr. Lucretia Carter Berry on supporting multiethnic children.

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Course format

Nurturing Antiracist White Kids is an online, self-paced course

Get lifetime access to recorded video lessons with strategies and tools presented by facilitator Rebekah Gienapp. Watch or listen to them on your own schedule (both video and audio recordings are available for all lessons.)

When you enroll, you’ll also have access to:

Journal prompts and worksheets
Suggested articles and resources for further learning
Children’s book recommendations to spark conversations
and more!

Praise from past course students

“Nurturing Antiracist White Kids is extremely thorough with many helpful examples shared in kind and non-judgmental ways. It helped me develop an attitude of patience and curiosity to explore together and gently guide when needed. I loved all the reading suggestions!”
Laura gonzalez

“This was one of the best anti-racism workshops I’ve participated in. While it was useful in my work as a religious educator, it was also helpful in my ongoing personal anti-racism work. Seeing how racial identity develops in children and how to respond to questions and concerns was very helpful. The list of resources provided with the workshop materials was excellent. I highly recommend this course!”
2021 student

Nurturing Antiracist White Kids is right for you if:

You’re a:

parent or caregiver (grandparent, aunt/uncle, or other caregiver) of White children or multiethnic kids with European heritage, whether these kids are toddlers, teens, or somewhere in between.
classroom educator, religious educator, or community worker and a significant portion of your learners are White.

You’re committed to helping White children unlearn and challenge racism (whether you’ve been at it for a long time or you’re just getting started.)

You’re not sure how to introduce topics of race and racism to White children in a natural, age-appropriate way.

You’ve run into some difficult race-related situations with children and you didn’t know who you could talk to about it that would really “get it.”

You know that being in conversation and community with other caregivers and educators will help you go farther in your antiracism journey.

You’re tired of trying to figure everything out on your own and would love to learn alongside others.

You want to do the work of antiracism with your family long term, but you’re afraid you might burn out. There’s just so much to do and think about!

Nurturing Antiracist White Kids isn’t right for you if:

You’re certain that children are too young to talk about race and racism.

You’re committed to teaching children to be colorblind.

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About your facilitator

Hi there! I’m Rebekah Gienapp, author of Raising Antiracist Kids:A age by age guide for parents of white children. I write and teach about engaging kids with social justice.

I’m mama to a boisterous tween and stepmom to a chill young adult. I’m also an activist, a former community organizer, and a religious educator for children.

Before our younger son was born, I spent my days working for economic and racial justice. Becoming a parent turned my world upside down (it usually does, doesn’t it?), and I left my community organizing job to focus primarily on motherhood.

It wasn’t until my kiddo was 4 years old that I understood how racially segregated our family life had become. Talking about race took on a greater urgency as I realized our youngest child was living in a white racial bubble in the midst of our majority Black community.

As we talked more about race and racism, my desire grew to find a way to fit activism back into my life. But this time, I realized that activism needed to include my family (at least some of the time.) I also knew we needed to find ways to desegregate our lives.

While doing this work within our own family, I learned even more about teaching children about antiracism and social justice as the lead teacher and curriculum developer for a congregation’s Peace Camp.

In 2020, I created the Raising Antiracist White Kids caregiver reflection circle because of my desire to help parents build community and support each other as we do this important work. This was the foundation for my current Nurturing Antiracist White Kids course.

I’m still learning and growing every day, and I’m so glad to be traveling this path with you.