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"Required reading.  This astounding book has a real shot of changing the conversation on race in America. If you're white and have a kid (or have ever been a kid), please read this book." ~ Saira Rao, Co-Founder, In This Together Media"Buy this book for yourself, for your children's teachers, for all parents and grandparents of white children who you know. Raising White Kids is both an antidote to the racial ignorance and fear most white families unknowingly pass along to their young and a powerful way to call white adults into the process of racial awakening in the name of creating more just and functional communities for all." ~ Debby Irving, author Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race"Finally! Jennifer Harvey provides a long-awaited and much-needed answer to a question often posed by white antiracist allies: How do we raise our children to be allies in the struggle against racism? Raising White Kids provides practical advice and examples for parents that are well-grounded in the scholarship on racial identity and racial socialization. It would be a mistake, however, to think that this book is only for parents of white children. It is a critical resource for educators whose efforts to teach about racial oppression are routinely hampered by the wide knowledge gap between white students and students of color. Harvey helps faculty to understand why white students often need intense remediation around issues of race and racism, and provides both faculty and students with language and tools to grapple with the cultural shock that comes with learning about racism for the first time." ~ Chanequa Walker-Barnes, author Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength"Jennifer Harvey's brilliant work and passion for racial justice comes alive on every page. Raising White Kids is a theory-rich, practical guide with wonderfully helpful examples that will equip parents to navigate today's racial challenges with confidence and grace.  For the millions of mothers and fathers who are deeply invested in creating a better tomorrow in an increasingly multi-cultural America, Harvey's book couldn't be more helpful or more needed right now." ~ Diana Butler Bass, author of Grounded: Finding God in the World--A Spiritual Revolution"Jennifer Harvey's Dear White Christians was a wakeup call to white congregations whose good intentions were often undermined by their own blind spots. With Raising White Kids, Harvey offers a much-needed roadmap for white parents who realize that racial injustice isn't just a problem for kids of color. This insightful and practical book is a must-read for white parents who want to raise surefooted, self-aware kids in an increasingly diverse America. There are few things more important to the future of our democracy." ~ Robert P. Jones, CEO, PRRI and author of The End of White Christian America.

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About the Author

Dr. Jennifer Harvey is a writer, speaker, and professor at Drake University. Her work focuses on racial justice and white anti-racism. Dr. Harvey's most recent books include Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in Racially Unjust America (Abingdon Press) and Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation (Wm. B. Eerdmans). Dr. Harvey also contributes to CCN, NPR, The New York Times,and Huffington Post and is ordained in the American Baptist Churches (U.S.A.). She lives in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Product details

Hardcover: 320 pages

Publisher: Abingdon Press (January 16, 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9781501856426

ISBN-13: 978-1501856426

ASIN: 1501856421

Product Dimensions:

5.8 x 1 x 8.6 inches

Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.4 out of 5 stars

32 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#36,553 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

I am a Trump voting white male Texan. I honestly thought this book would be good for a laugh and as a coffee table "joke" book. I am now ashamed to have had that opinion. As I got into it, I realized this was not some irate crazy liberal finger-wagging at the white man. Instead, it was a really well written, non-political, sensible, well-reasoned and sourced take on an issue that is very important in this day and age, an age that you get labeled a racist for merely admitting you voted for Trump. But this isnt about me or my politics, this is about my little girl. A lot of people maybe have the mistaken belief that Texas is a bunch of white redneck racist hicks. That is true....in some very rural areas. For most of us, we live in extremely diverse areas. This is especially true in the South (where I am) and although this isnt scientific, I believe white americans are the minority here in favor of latinos/as. So the question addressed in the book has real application for me; my child is going to be in school with a lot of darker-skinned "minority" children. I honestly had no idea, prior to reading the book, how best to raise my white kid with respect to race. I would of assumed, wrongly, that you should either ignore it or just make it clear you need to be "color blind." The author has persuaded me thoroughly that, not only is this wrong, it actually may be detrimental to my child. Instead, the author in a very skilled, clear and illustrative manner explains how you should instead confront race head on when instructing your child. If we do not, the author suggests and I believe, we permit our child to tone us out in favor of their own associations and beliefs. (associations and beliefs that will likely be at best racially ignorant and at worst outright racist) At one point, I think quoting another author, she talks about race and likens it to "smog" suggesting it is all around us, everywhere and our simply choosing to disregard it (colorblind) is not only ineffective but harmful. It's a kind of cognitive dissonance. Our children arent so stupid as to believe us when we tell them to ignore race, or to be colorblind, but they also arent smart enough to really appreciate the abstract concepts about equality that we adults do. Instead, they need age-appropriate instruction from their parents and teachers that acknowledges race in a positive and respectful manner. This book does a fantastic job at describing how you can get started down that road. I want my child to forge enduring relationships with people of other races and not to lose out on what those relationships have to offer and the beautiful world around us full of diverse people. Although I was raised much differently, and my parents even more so, our children shouldnt be segregated off with their own for no other reason than we were too ignorant to approach race in a sensible, real way. I am persuaded that will be the result if I were to teach my child to be "colorblind" and to ignore race. Thank you Dr. Harvey and Im sorry for my stupid pre-concieved notions about what I thought this book might be. It is really a wonderful book and I hope others will give it a chance.

Kids spend a great deal of time in school; so raising them is the province, not just of parents, but of teachers as well. In my 20-plus years of teaching, I have seen so many of the truths that Jennifer Harvey communicates in Raising White Kids born out. Her examples and practical suggestions for engaging white kids on the subject of racial injustice make this work unique and help allay some of the helplessness felt by those who wish they could do something but don’t know what to do. I highly recommend it to anyone who works with children and young adults.Harvey’s work resonated with me because of my own experience as an educator. For the past two years I have been involved with organizing speaker symposiums and advisory times (in conjunction with a student cohort) at the Christian, affluent, predominantly white high school where I teach. The student and faculty cohort chose to address the topics of race and then privilege for the first two symposiums. Some valuable and much-needed conversation and connections came about as a result. However, in spite of our attempts to equip students with knowledge and examples of productive action, we experienced a significant degree of backlash from parents whose concerns included wanting to know why their children were being made “to feel bad” about being white.Some students, while convinced of our need to have such discussions, expressed trepidation at how their peers would respond. In the absence of much groundwork being laid regarding what it is to be Christian and white in a racially unjust America, a growing awareness of racial tension manifests itself as “anxiety, guilt, cognitive dissonance, or even anger when race does come up” (Harvey, 10). I have witnessed all of these reactions.There are a multitude of reasons that both parents and students are uncomfortable with such conversations, but parental anxiety often stems from fear and a desire to protect. We want to shield kids from heartbreak, but they will be heartbroken. It’s part of being human. We should want for them to be made whole, more fully human. As Harvey says, “white supremacy malforms my humanity, constrains my life, compromises my spirit” (119). Knowing that heartbreak is inevitable, what would we have break our children’s hearts? Shallow self-interest or a painful empathy that springs from the ability to recognize human dignity and injustice?In Raising White Kids Harvey moves beyond theory to offer realistic advice about how to appropriately talk about and model racial engagement with children and young adults. It’s a tool that will greatly benefit those who read it and those they impact.

I realized early in this book that I am at a very early stage in my personal development, and I need to work on myself before I can have any hope of helping raise my grandkid. Thanks for all the information, as difficult as it was for me to accept some of it.

I’m privileged to continue to learn from Dr. Harvey long after graduating from her courses. And, I need these words, this wisdom, and these strategies now more than ever. As a teacher and mother, I have tools to help my kids at school and kids at home become healthier. I have tools to help them connect history to what exists today. I have tools to encourage meaningful, powerful, and necessary conversations about race. I am grateful for this work and recommend it to everyone I can.

I cannot fully express to Jennifer Harvey my gratefulness for the immense gift of Raising White Children. I chose this book for our school equity committee reading club for its gentle spirit, practical guidance, and careful attention to the complicated dynamics of raising race-conscious white children in an increasingly racially isolated society. Her book is a gift and a joy. It instills tool and guidance through examples and conversations, psychological analysis, and social theory. It is not heady or dumb-downed. For parents who fear guilt or shame - dive in! Harvey is a compassionate and wise teacher. I wish that every parent could go home from an adoption center or hospital with this book in tow. The parents in our study group concur.

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