Summary Of Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum is a very talented writer who wrote a book “Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria”. She has worked on the racial distinctiveness development and trials with having expressive dialogues on race. The author uses practical examples from her life to engage the reader in book. She talk about discussion she had with her children about racism as well as teaching activities she had used to involve her college students in identifying, accepting and embracing their racial identity.
The first section of the book is about the term racism that what it means and how it plays a part in social life. She differentiates between prejudice and racism. She

She tried to give answer to a question i.e. “Why are the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?” She answered that in late youth and early maturity; young Blacks identify the personal influence of racism and improve an identity which competes against anything White. This social identity is to protect the young Blacks from the psychological assaults of racism and to keep the White away. The author explains the procedure by which young Black children become aware of race and the risks connected with the rising in a racial society of Black children adopting negative stereotypes. This stage develops racial identity Blacks which they maintain it forever. This is the reason why all the Black kids are sitting together in the

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