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  • How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World
  • By: Uju Asika
  • Narrated by: Uju Asika, Debra Michaels
  • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)
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Summary

You can't avoid it, because it's everywhere. In the looks my kids get in certain spaces, the manner in which some people speak to them, the stuff that goes over their heads. Stuff that makes them cry even when they don't know why. How do you bring up your kids to be kind and happy when there is so much out there trying to break them down?

Bringing Up Race is an important audiobook, for all families whatever their race or ethnicity. Racism cuts across all sectors of society - even the queen will have to grapple with these issues, as great grandmother to a child of mixed ethnicity. It's for everyone who wants to instil a sense of open-minded inclusivity in their kids and those who want to discuss difference instead of shying away from tough questions. Uju draws on often shocking personal stories of prejudice along with opinions of experts, influencers and fellow parents to give prescriptive advice making this an invaluable guide. 

Bringing Up Race explores:

  • When children start noticing ethnic differences (hint: much earlier than you think)
  • What to do if your child says something racist (try not to freak out) 
  • How to have open, honest, age-appropriate conversations about race
  • How children and parents can handle racial bullying 
  • How to recognise and challenge everyday racism, a.k.a. microaggressions

A call to arms for all parents, Bringing Up Race starts the conversation which will mean the next generation has zero tolerance to racial prejudice and grows up understanding what kindness and happiness truly mean.

©2020 Uju Asika (P)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

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"Uju Asika has written a necessary book for our times. She throws up huge questions (and responds to them intelligently and with heart). This isn't just a book for talking to children - whatever race or colour they are - about racism and all the other intersecting isms that divide us, it is a book for everyone dedicated to creating a better, kinder world. This crucial book should be required reading!" (Chika Unigwe, author of On Black Sisters' Street, winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature in 2012, the Bonderman professor for Creative Writing at Brown University and judge of the Man Booker International Prize in 2017)  

"From the moment I picked up Bringing Up Race, I couldn't put it down. Honest, funny, practical and thought-provoking, and packed with real-life examples, Uju Asika's work points the way to creating a more just and more kind world." (Gretchen Rubin)

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an excellent and important book.

Thank you for this brilliant and thoughtful book! A must read for all parents that want to celebrate diversity and fight racism.

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Just what I needed!

After all the information arising from black lives matter, especially as a mum raising young mixed-heritage kids (love the term!), I had started to get down and angry. This book was exactly the pick me up I needed. Positive, accepting, calm. I loved everything about it. Very engaging, very well written. I Loved all the personal stories. Funny, thoughtful. Would recommend to all. And Ujus voice is very soothing.

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