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

"Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see black youth seated together in the cafeteria. Of course, it's not just the black kids sitting together--the white, Latino, Asian Pacific, and, in some regions, American Indian youth are clustered in their own groups, too. The same...

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Main Author: Tatum, Beverly Daniel (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2017.
Edition: Third trade paperback edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Defining racism
  • The complexity of identity
  • The early years
  • Identity development in adolescence
  • Racial identity in adulthood
  • The development of white identity
  • White identity, Affirmative Action, and color-blind racial ideology
  • Critical issues in Latinx, Native, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Middle Eastern/North African identity development
  • Identity development in multiracial families
  • Embracing a cross-racial dialogue
  • Epilogue: Signs of hope, sites of progress.