"Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" : and other conversations about race / Beverly Daniel Tatum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tatum, Beverly Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Race identity.

African Americans.

White people--Race identity--United States.

White people.

African American children--Psychology.

African American children.

African American youth--Psychology.

African American youth.

White people--United States--Psychology.

Race awareness in adolescence--United States.

Race awareness in adolescence.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Other Title:

Art of Mentoring

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The fifth-anniversary edition of the best-selling work on the development of racial identity.

Contents:

Also by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Introduction; Introduction; Part I - A Definition of Terms; 1 - Defining Racism; Racism: A System of Advantage Based on Race; Racism: For Whites Only?; The Cost of Racism; A Word About Language; 2 - The Complexity of Identity; Who Am I? Multiple Identities; Domination and Subordination; Part II - Understanding Blackness in a White Context; 3 - The Early Years; Preschool Conversations; Blackness, Whiteness, and Painful History; A Question of Color; "It's That Stuff Again": Developing a Critical Consciousness

4 - Identity Development in AdolescenceUnderstanding Racial Identity Development; Coping with Encounters: Developing an Oppositional Identity; Oppositional Identity Development and Academic Achievement; The Search for Alternative Images; Not at the Table; An Alternative to the Cafeteria Table; 5 - Racial Identity in Adulthood; Not for College Students Only; Cycles of Racial Identity Development; The Corporate Cafeteria; Part III - Understanding Whiteness in a White Context; 6 - The Development of White Identity; Abandoning Racism; "But I'm an Individual!"; Defining a Positive White Identity

The Search for White Allies and the Restoration of Hope7 - White Identity and Affirmative Action; What Is Affirmative Action?; Aversive Racism and Affirmative Action; "Not a Prejudiced Bone in Their Bodies": A Case Example; Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize: Goal-Oriented Affirmative Action; White Disadvantage Revisited; Part IV - Beyond Black and White; 8 - Critical Issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American ...; What Do We Mean When We Say "Latino"?; All in the Family: Familism in Latino Communities

"Who Are You if You Don't Speak Spanish?" Language and Identity Among LatinosWhat Do We Mean When We Say "Indian" ?; Surviving the Losses; "I" Is for Invisible: Contemporary Images of American Indians in the Curriculum; What Do We Mean When We Say "Asian"?; Beyond the Myth of the Model Minority; Finding a Voice; Racial Formation and Racial Identity; 9 - Identity Development in Multiracial Families; The One-Drop Rule: Racial Categorization in the United States; "But Don't the Children Suffer?"; The Preschool Years; Entry into School; Adolescence: Making Choices; The College and Adult Years

Identity in Adoptive Families ConsideredPart V - Breaking the Silence; 10 - Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue; The Paralysis of Fear; The Psychological Cost of Silence; Finding Courage for Social Change; Continuing the Conversation; Appendix - Getting Started Resources for the Next Step; Reader Discussion Guide; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index; Copyright Page

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-74852-1

0-465-00396-6