From Project RACE Kids President, Karson Baldwin:
Well, so far I’m having a great time leading Project RACE
Kids! I already got to do a radio show, which was pretty cool and to help with
our launch party, which was awesome. And now, I get to review some books that
we think are great for multiracial kids!
Cherrye S. Vasquez is an author and the mom of a multiracial
kid like me! She sent me three books to review. Two of them are workbooks that
you can fill out, Affirmation Daybook
and Diversity Daybook. Teachers can
use these with their class, or parents can go through them with their kids and
talk about it during family time. I liked them both! Even though they are
workbooks you don’t feel like you’re doing homework when you do them. They are
actually really fun and they are easy because you are mostly writing about
yourself, your goals and what makes you special. Sometimes kids get discouraged
about little things, but answering these questions gets you thinking about
what’s awesome about you on the inside and the outside. It makes you feel
really happy and reminds you that you can do something great.
The other book she sent is, No Tildes on Tuesday, a chapter book about a multiracial girl named
Isabella. Isabella’s dad is Mexican and her mom is white. She lives in a mostly
white neighborhood and doesn’t speak Spanish or know a lot about the Mexican
side of her heritage. But everything changes for her when her family moves to
an area where there are mostly Hispanic people. I wanted Isabella to feel like
I do about being multiracial, that it doesn’t stop me from fitting in, it helps me fit in! So, I was really
happy for Isabella when she began to learn about and love both sides of who she
is.
Karson
