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Jordan Talks About Systemic Racism (R)

Jordan Talks About Systemic Racism (R)

FromA Kids Book About: The Podcast


Jordan Talks About Systemic Racism (R)

FromA Kids Book About: The Podcast

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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Nov 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jordan Thierry, author of A Kids Book About Systemic Racism, talks about how systemic racism limited how he saw himself represented in film and career opportunities.This is a rebroadcast of an episode that originally aired on March 1, 2021.A Kids Book About Systemic Racism (view book)Full Book Description:Systemic racism is incredibly difficult to understand—even for grownups! This book was made to help kids understand what systemic racism is and how it’s built into laws, schools, stories, and other institutions in a way that collectively makes life much harder for people of color.About The Author:Jordan Thierry is a documentary filmmaker, activist, and storyteller. He has worked for over a decade to highlight the stories of people of color and working to undo the ongoing legacy of systemic racism in the U.S.A.*If you want to be on a future episode of A Kids Book About: The Podcast or if you have a question you’d like us to consider, have a grownup email us at listen@akidspodcastabout.com and we’ll send you the details. 
Released:
Nov 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Named "Best of 2021" by Apple Podcasts. A kids podcast about the things that matter, like racism, body image, and belonging. Each episode opens up the dialog we've begun in our groundbreaking A Kids Book About series. Created by folks who've been there. Honest. Important. Relevant. Start the conversation. We know you're ready.