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Why Are All The Black Kids Chapter Summary

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Why Are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
By, Beverly Daniel Tatum, PH.D.

This book portrays racism and racial identity within our society. Tatum (2003) defined racism as “a system involving cultural messages and institutional policies and practices as well as the beliefs and actions of individuals. Others define racism as ‘prejudice plus power’. When racial prejudice is combined with social power- access to social, cultural, and economic resources and decision-making – leads to the institutionalization of racist policies and practices” (Tatum, 2003 p. 7-8). The book is about developing racial identity that Tatum (2003) described as " 'a group that is socially defined but on the bases of physical criteria' including skin color and facial features" (Tatum, 2003 p. 16), and it is not to be mistaken with ethnic identity …show more content…

16). The writer composed this book with the mind set of teaching people about racial issues, and helping them communicate across races.
Tatum (2003) and Delpit (2006) as well as Millner (2010) and MacLeod (2009) had significant discussion about race and racial identity. Delpit (2006) talked about the norms and standards that are set with the white mindset; as well as the code of power that is indeed in the hands of the whites. These norms and standards are disadvantage all the people with different racial and ethnic identity. She pointed out how these one sided standards can hurt children in the school system, because they come with different social and cultural capitals. MacLeod (2009) also talked about how the racial identity along with cultural and social capital played into people’s life in their low income environments. Although both

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