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Can We Talk about Race?: And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation

Beverly Daniel Tatum

Hardcover | Pages: 147 pages

Rating: 4.06 | 361 Users | 47 Reviews

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Original Title:	Can We Talk About Race?: And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation
ISBN:	0807032840 (ISBN13: 9780807032848)
Edition Language:	English

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Beverly Daniel Tatum emerged on the national scene in 1997 with "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?," a book that spoke to a wide audience about the psychological dynamics of race relations in America. Tatum's unique ability to get people talking about race captured the attention of many, from Oprah Winfrey to President Clinton, who invited her to join him in his nationally televised dialogues on race.

In her first book since that pathbreaking success, Tatum starts with a warning call about the increasing but underreported resegregation of America. A self-described "integration baby"--she was born in 1954--Tatum sees our growing isolation from each other as deeply problematic, and she believes that schools can be key institutions for forging connections across the racial divide.

In this ambitious, accessible book, Tatum examines some of the most resonant issues in American education and race relations:

-The need of African American students to see themselves reflected in curricula and institutions

-How unexamined racial attitudes can negatively affect minority-student achievement

-The possibilities--and complications--of intimate crossracial friendships

Tatum approaches all these topics with the blend of analysis and storytelling that make her one of our most persuasive and engaging commentators on race.

Can We Talk About Race? launches a collaborative lecture and book series between Beacon Press and Simmons College, which aims to reinvigorate a crucial national public conversation on race, education and democracy.

"What Tatum seeks to do above all is trigger sometimes challenging discussions about race, and infuse those discussions with a reality-based focus on how race affects us all. Her latest book does that beautifully, asking touch questions, and patiently, inclusively seeking answers." --Boston Globe

Beverly Daniel Tatum is author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and Assimilation Blues. She is currently president of Spelman College in Atlanta, where she lives with her husband.

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Title	:	Can We Talk about Race?: And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation
Author	:	Beverly Daniel Tatum
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 147 pages
Published	:	April 1st 2007 by Beacon Press (MA) (first published March 28th 2007)
Categories	:	Education. Nonfiction. Race. Social Movements. Social Justice. Sociology. Psychology. Teaching

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Ratings: 4.06 From 361 Users | 47 Reviews

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Well written. The content was originally public lectures. As a child of educators, I find her background and perspective especially engaging. I think this is an important topic and one that should be of concern for all people.

This is an important book. Did I agree with every single thing Tatum wrote? Not quite, but it was fairly close. I first read parts of this book during a transformative Education in America class I took my senior year of college, with an amazing (white) professor who really, deeply cared about her students and making a safe space where each of us could speak up, be heard, and feel seen.I admit, it took me some pages to first get into the book, just because it's been a while since I've read more

Compared to Tatum's previous book, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, this book is just not as much in depth. It does have some new information and is worth skimming; the other is worth reading slowly and attentively.

Dr. Tatum discusses a taboo issue but it is an issue that needs to be discussed rather than shunned. In life, we must learn to ask the right questions because if you're not asking the right questions, you'll never get the right answers.

An impressive follow-up to "Why are all the black kids sitting together at the lunch table". Dr. Tatum outlines many of the problems with modern education in an accessible and honest way. I wished that some of the chapters were condensed a bit where Dr. Tatum gets to the main point early on and then draws the conclusion out for several more pages, but other than that an informative and thought-provoking piece on race and education

This book consists of a few lectures that Dr. Tatum gave at Simmons college. I think she addresses a lot of extremely complext topics in a very approachable and easily understanable manner. I really recommend it to anyone who is working in a job or community where they often find themselves thinking about the complexities of race.

One word. Powerful. I read this as a discussion piece for a committee I am at work and it helped me really look at my white privilege in ways I wasnt able to before. I am grateful for that.