In My Skin
In My Skin
The University of Pittsburgh P.R.I.D.E. Program
Children see race. We want to learn more about what that means. Hear parents, scholars, illustrators, artists, and more explore how race impacted them as a child and how it affects their lives today. In My Skin is a production of P.R.I.D.E. -- Positive Racial Identity in Early Education -- a University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development program.
How Implicit Bias Affects Children: Introduction
Part one of our four-part series on implicit bias starts by asking: what is implicit bias? Listen along as colleagues take the Harvard Implicit Association Test and we begin to learn how bias affects children.
Sep 8, 2020
15 min
How Implicit Bias Affects Children: Punishment
How does implicit bias affect punishment of children in school? Listen to part 2 of our 4-part series on implicit bias, featuring Yale scholar Dr. Walter Gilliam.
Sep 8, 2020
28 min
How Implicit Bias Affects Children: Language
How do we choose what languages we value in school? In part 3 of our series on implicit bias, we look at language -- specifically, AAVE -- and the bias against home language.
Sep 8, 2020
24 min
How Implicit Bias Affects Children: Solutions
Solving the problem of implicit bias is a monumental task. We examine one solution in the final episode of our 4-part series on bias.
Sep 8, 2020
24 min
How Parents and Teachers Can Nurture Black Children
Why is culture such a critical component of nurturing Black Children? Parent, author, and founder of BrownMamas.com Muffy Mendoza explains at the 2019 P.R.I.D.E. Speaker Series event on May 2, 2019.
May 10, 2019
27 min
What is a Racially Responsive Community?
This bonus podcast features Dr. Valerie Kinloch, dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, addressing how to build and sustain racially responsive communities. This was the keynote speech in the Spring 2018 P.R.I.D.E. Speaker Series.
Apr 26, 2019
38 min
Children are not Colorblind
For years, the prevailing notion was that children do not see color. But as Dr. Erin Winkler explains, it is clear that children are not colorblind. Listen to Dr. Winkler's speech from the Fall 2018 P.R.I.D.E. Speaker Series.
Apr 11, 2019
52 min
Representing African Countries in Illustrations
The Africa that Elizabeth Zunon saw as a child was often different than the one she saw depicted in books. So now, she creates art that shows the beauty and power of countries throughout Africa. Says Zunon, "I want to represent different cultures of the world in a positive light."
Apr 4, 2019
30 min
Centering Race Conversations on Children
How do you guard against defensiveness when having conversations about race? For early education scholar Petrea Hicks, it starts with focusing the conversation on children.
Mar 28, 2019
41 min
"Over time, I recognized I was Black."
As a child, Iheoma Iruka bounced between the United States and Nigeria, struggling to find a place to belong. Today, she is a one of the foremost scholars on race and young children, in particular young Black boys. But she is also a mother to young children. In this episode of In My Skin, we talked about how her childhood informed her view of race and how she balances her role as a parent with that of being an expert on race and young children.
Mar 21, 2019
47 min
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