The Embrace Race Podcast

On this last episode of Season 1 , EmbraceRace co-founders and co-hosts Melissa Giraud and Andrew Grant-Thomas go back to where it all began. They invite a few friends and neighbors over - all parents, and one educator among them - to talk about their own learning journeys as caregivers trying to guide children around race back when EmbraceRace started in early 2016 vs. now. What have they all lea...

In this conversation, we continue to counter the myth that if our kids express racist ideas they must have gotten them at home, from their caregivers. There are so many sources from which kids learn about race. Last episode we looked at one source: children’s media. On today’s episode , we look at another source of children’s racial learning: the racial inequality kids see all around them.  M...

(Part 1: A look at what children’s media teaches kids about race) It’s easy to think that racist behaviors start at home. But the truth is, how a person sees, maneuvers, and behaves in the world is more complicated. On today's episode , hosts Melissa and Andrew speak with Courtney Wong Chin , Senior Director of Research at Nickelodeon’s Noggin, about the role the media plays in shaping the way kid...

One child says to another: “Your skin is darker than mine” or “Why are your eyes that shape?” You overhear them. How do you react? Too often, adults shush kids when they talk about race because they don’t want them to “say things that are racist.”  In this episode, hosts Melissa and Andrew speak with Brigitte Vittrup , a developmental psychologist who studies how kids are socialized around ra...

On this episode, hosts Melissa Giraud and Andrew Grant-Thomas speak with Gina Miranda Samuels, Professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, about why “multiracial” kids are often seen as part of the solution to our racial conflicts. How does that belief affect those kids and how might we respond as caregivers? Head to our website to learn more about Gina Mira...

On this episode, hosts Melissa Giraud and Andrew Grant-Thomas speak with Candis Watts Smith, Professor of Political Science at Duke University, about the widespread belief that “racism will die off as older generations do.” Candis has studied this question and lays out why it’s untrue, lasting and harmful. Like other enduring myths about race, this one confuses people and is a real block to unders...

Welcome to the first episode of the Embrace Race podcast! It’s a show about how to raise kids who are thoughtful, informed and brave about race, brought to you by EmbraceRace, an organization created to support you to do just that.  On this episode, hosts Melissa Giraud and Andrew Grant-Thomas tell you the backstory of EmbraceRace, and then dive into a conversation with developmental psycholo...

The EmbraceRace podcast brings you the best and latest advice on how to guide kids around race through informative conversations with researchers and practitioners. This season, we counter long-standing myths about race and kids and talk about How Kids ACTUALLY Learn About Race . The podcast is hosted by co-parents and EmbraceRace co-directors, Melissa Giraud and Andrew Grant-Thomas. Listen to thi...