As events continue to unfold around racial inequity in our community and across the country, Texas Children’s remains committed to supporting equality, justice, and respect, and The Black Lives Matter Movement.
Texas Children’s Psychology Section recently convened The Collaborative on Racial Equity and Inclusion for Black Youth (REI) to provide resources, information, and support to our patients, colleagues, and the broader community around this important mission. One aspect of REI is providing actions the Texas Children’s community can take. Every few weeks, the group will provide a set of “Take FIVE” actions on a particular topic related to battling racism and promoting equity, justice, and respect. Check back often to learn more ways to take action.
This week, REI is launching the program with a list of five TED Talks to watch on different aspects of racism: health disparities, parenting, systemic abuses of power, and engaging in anti-racism advocacy. The videos are between five and 20 minutes. Watch each video at your convenience and share with your communities.
Dr. David Williams, sociologist, talks about the impact of racism on health (2016)
How racism makes us sick
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, psychologist, discusses parenting and addressing racism with kids (2017)
Addressing racism with kids
Mia Birdsong interviews Black Lives Matter founders, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, & Opal Tometi (2016)
Black Lives Matter founders
Baratunde Thurston, writer/comedian and activist, discusses changing systemic abuses of power and the phenomenon of white people calling/weaponizing police against people who are #LivingWhileBlack (2019)
How to deconstruct racism
Clint Smith III, artist and activist, speaks on parenting Black children (2015)
Parenting Black children
To learn more, check out this curated list of TED talks on racism and related topics.
To contact the Collaborative on Racial Equity and Inclusion for Black Youth (REI), email RacialEquityandInclusion@texaschildrens.org