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.

There is a moment when every child leaves color-blindness behind & enters the world of race consciousness. At that moment, there are two roads parents, educators, & therapists can take: they can follow the status quo, internalizing racial expectations, & become-consciously or unconscious...

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Main Author: Tatum, Beverly Daniel.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : BasicBooks, [1997]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
African Americans > Race identity.
White people > Race identity > United States.
African American children > Psychology.
African American youth > Psychology.
White people > United States > Psychology.
Race awareness in adolescence > United States.
United States > Race relations.
Table of Contents:
  • Defining racism: "Can we talk?"
  • Complexity of identity: "Who am I?"
  • Early years: "Is my skin brown because I drink chocolate milk?"
  • Identity development in adolescence: "Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?"
  • Racial identity in adulthood: "Still a work in progress ..."
  • Development of white identity: "I'm not ethnic, I'm just normal."
  • White identity and affirmative action: "I'm in favor of affirmative action except when it comes to my jobs."
  • Critical issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American identity development: "There's more than just Black and White, you know."
  • Identity development in multiracial families: "But don't the children suffer?"
  • Embracing a cross-racial dialogue: "We were struggling for the words."

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