"Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?":

and other conversations about race

BasicBooks, 1999 - Psychology - 270 pages

This well-balanced book, written in lively prose, brings new insights and a fresh perspective to this frequent query and the issue of racial identity development.

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This has been a valuable read for me, though I'm not sure Tatum ever even acknowledges the question that nagged at me all the way through: does the fact that positive images of non-"majority"* (white ... Read full review

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About the author (1999)

Beverly Daniel Tatum is the author of the Epilogue and the current President of Spelman College. She is also the author of "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race" (Basic Books) and "Assimilation Blues: Black Families in a White Community" (Greenwood Publishing).

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Title	"Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?": and other conversations about race
Author	Beverly Daniel Tatum
Contributor	Beverly Daniel Tatum
Edition	revised
Publisher	BasicBooks, 1999
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	4 Aug 2009
ISBN	0465091296, 9780465091294
Length	270 pages
Subjects	Psychology › Psychotherapy › Child & Adolescent African American children African American children - Psychology African American children/ Psychology African American youth African American youth - Psychology African Americans African Americans - Race identity African Americans/ Race identity Afro-American children Afro-American youth Afro-Americans Psychology / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent Race awareness Race awareness in adolescence Race awareness in adolescence - United States Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies Social Science / Minority Studies Social Science / Sociology / General United States United States - Race relations Whites Whites - Race identity - United States Whites - United States - Psychology Whites/ Race identity/ United States

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