{"product_id":"wish-we-knew-what-to-say-talking-with-children-about-race-hardcover","title":"Wish We Knew What to Say: Talking with Children about Race - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePragya Agarwal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thoughtful, prescient read for any mother or father parenting through the unique challenges of this racially polarised year, decade and beyond' Kenya Hunt \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Comprehensive, readable, and so very important. The next generation needs you to read this book' Clare Mackintosh, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A vital book that equips us to have conversations about race and racism with young people, ensuring we are all playing our part to raise the next generations as anti-racist. With excellent, clear advice from Dr Agarwal \u003ci\u003eI Wish We Knew What to Say\u003c\/i\u003e is a quick, engaging and easily digestible read' Nikesh Shukla\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe want our children to thrive and flourish in a diverse, multi-cultural world and we owe it to them to help them make sense of the confusing and emotionally charged messages they receive about themselves and others. These early years are the most crucial when children are curious about the world around them, but are also quick to form stereotypes and biases that can become deeply ingrained as they grow older. These are the people who are going to inherit this world, and we owe it to them to lay a strong foundation for the next phases of their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWish We Knew What to Say\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and urgent book that gives scenarios, questions, thought starters, resources and advice in an accessible manner on how to tackle tricky conversations around race and racism with confidence and awareness. it brings in the science of how children perceive race and form racial identity, combining it with personal stories and experiences to create a handy guide that every parent would refer to again and again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by behavioural and data scientist, Dr Pragya Agarwal, \u003ci\u003eWish We Knew What to Say\u003c\/i\u003e will help all parents, carers and educators give children the tools and vocabulary to talk about people's differences and similarities in an open, non-judgemental, curious way, and help them address any unfairness they might see or encounter.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSway \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Agarwal's diagnosis of the political harms of bias is passionate and urgent' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, Book of the Week \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Fascinating, sometimes challenging, read, for fans of Caroline Criado Perez's\u003ci\u003e Invisible Women\u003c\/i\u003e and Angela Saini's \u003ci\u003eSuperior'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBBC Science Focus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book exposes the insidiousness of unconscious bias and offers us a way to change the way we think that is practical, useful, readable and essential for the times we are living in' Nikesh Shukla, author and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Immigrant\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'An exhaustive, brilliantly researched survey of bias and how it seeps so easily into our everyday thoughts and actions, from gender essentialism to casual racism. Calmly and without polemic, Agarwal explains why we all need to work harder to avoid lazy prejudice and simplistic narratives if we are to build a fairer society' Angela Saini\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Pragya Agarwal is a behavioural and data scientist, and a freelance journalist. As a Senior Academic in US and UK universities, she has held the prestigious Leverhulme Fellowship, following a PhD from the University of Nottingham. Pragya is the author of \u003ci\u003eSWAY: Unravelling Unconscious Bias\u003c\/i\u003e. As a freelance journalist, her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBMJ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePragya moved to the UK from India almost twenty years ago, and now lives in the north-west with her family.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.87 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53683215368499,"sku":"9780349702056","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Mx_9iPG-Ld9780349702056.webp?v=1784511553","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/wish-we-knew-what-to-say-talking-with-children-about-race-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}