Dr. Christia Brown
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By Dr. Christia Spears Brown
Unraveling Bias
In her new book Unraveling Bias: How Prejudice Has Shaped Children for Generations and Why It’s Time to Break the Cycle, Dr. Brown will uncover what scientists have learned about how children are impacted by biases because of their race and ethnicity, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and explore how biased policies from the past and present (from segregating schools because of race to banning trans students from playing school sports) can be changed.
By Dr. Christia Spears Brown
Parenting Beyond Pink and Blue
A guide that helps parents focus on their children’s unique strengths and inclinations rather than on gendered stereotypes to more effectively bring out the best in their individual children, for parents of infants to middle schoolers.
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ACLU continuing more important work! We can’t move past racism, sexism, and heterosexism if we don’t talk about it. Kids can handle those conversations
Students have a First Amendment right to learn and talk about race and gender in schools.
And we'll show up in court when states need a reminder. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oklahoma-critical-race-theory-lawsuit-aclu-rcna3276
A look at CROWN Act, which bans discrimination because of hair; @dove was instrumental in getting the law passed after a number of Black children were forced to cut their hair or remove their braids.
Fascinated by people who basically tweet death threats when you say toys shouldn’t be gender segregated. That level of hostility regarding toys needs a DSM diagnosis of some kind.
This is a good opportunity to tell @universityofky folks that my colleague Dr @brandonerbyphd is teaching a 200-level course this spring on "Remembering Emmett Till."
It'll be such a compelling class for rhetoric, English, history, anthro, and lots of other majors. https://twitter.com/brandonerbyphd/status/1450915658103934983
Public memory is not just created by scholars, museums and governments. We all bear responsibility for what our nation remembers and forgets. As “Reckoning with Remembrance” shows us, history is an active battleground as much as it is a tool for justice. https://twitter.com/PostOpinions/status/1450844749552885769
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Psychology Today
Why the Women in the Weinstein Case are so Believable
By middle school, girls are sexually harassed by boys, yet taught to smile and pretend it doesn't bother them rather than confront or report it. Just as in the Weinstein case. Read More
read moreKids, Politics, and the Gender Divide
Children are interested in elections, and have strong opinions about candidates, but underestimate gender biases in politics and government. Read More on the Psychology Today blog.
read moreRepresentation Matters
Regardless of gender identity, kids and teens want, and need, to be seen and affirmed. Representation and actual knowledge matters. This shouldn't be confined to one day a year. Read More
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