Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? : and other conversations about race

Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? And other conversations about race

Beverly Daniel Tatum

Book - 2017

"The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism-now fully revised and updated. Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides. These topics have only become more urgent as the national conversation about race is increasingly acrimonious. This fully revised edition is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of race in America. "An unusually sen...sitive work about the racial barriers that still divide us in so many areas of life."--Jonathan Kozol"--

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Subjects
African Americans > Race identity.
Whites > Race identity.
African American children > Psychology.
African American youth > Psychology.
Whites > Psychology.
Race awareness in adolescence.
Intercultural communication.
Communication and culture.
Communication > Social aspects.
United States > Race relations.
Published
New York : Basic Books 2017.
Language
English
Main Author
Beverly Daniel Tatum (author)
Edition
Third trade paperback edition. Twentieth anniversary edition
Item Description
"Fully revised and updated"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description
vi, 453 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780465060689
  • Prologue: "Why Are All the Black Kids Still Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" and Other Conversations About Race in the Twenty-First Century
  • Introduction: A Psychologist's Perspective
  • Part I. A Definition of Terms
  • 1. Defining Racism
  • "Can we talk?"
  • 2. The Complexity of Identity
  • "Who am I?"
  • Part II. Understanding Blackness in a White Context
  • 3. The Early Years
  • "Is my skin brown because I drink chocolate milk?"
  • 4. Identity Development in Adolescence
  • "Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?"
  • 5. Racial Identity in Adulthood
  • "Still a work in progress ..."
  • Part III. Understanding Whiteness in a White Context
  • 6. The Development of White Identity
  • "I'm not ethnic, I'm just normal."
  • 7. White Identity, Affirmative Action, and Color-Blind Racial Ideology
  • "Affirmative action was nice. It had its time, Its time is over."
  • Part IV. Beyond Black and White
  • 8. Critical Issues in Latinx, Native, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Middle Eastern / North African Identity Development
  • "There's more than just Black and White, you know."
  • 9. Identity Development in Multiracial Families
  • "But don't the children suffer?"
  • Part V. Breaking the Silence
  • 10. Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue
  • "We were struggling for the words."
  • Epilogue: Signs of Hope, Sites of Progress
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index
Review by Kirkus Book Review

This insightful exploration of the varieties of Americans' experience with race and racism in everyday life would be an excellent starting point for the upcoming national conversations on race that President Clinton and his appointed commission will be conducting this fall. Tatum, a developmental psychologist (Mt. Holyoke Coll.) with a special interest in the emerging field of racial-identity development, is a consultant to school systems and community groups on teaching and learning in a multicultural context. Not only has she studied the distinctive social dynamics faced by black youth educated in predominantly white environments, but since 1980, Tatum has developed a course on the psychology of racism and taught it in a variety of university settings. She is also a black woman and a concerned mother of two, and she draws on all these experiences and bases of knowledge to write a remarkably jargon-free book that is as rigorously analytical as it is refreshingly practical and drives its points home with a range of telling anecdotes. Tatum illuminates ""why talking about racism is so hard"" and what we can do to make it easier, leaving her readers more confident about facing the difficult terrain on the road to a genuinely color-blind society. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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