Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph. D
2003
Weight: 10.4 oz
Method of Disposal: Leaving at Joe's in EAV
This was required reading for all first year students at Agnes Scott College when I started there. It was a great introductory book for college. It is easy to understand, and it encompasses many important and pressing issues about systematic racism and oppression. I was very excited to talk about it with my new professors and peers, which really never happened in a satisfactory way--for me anyway. I did learn a lot about oppression in my time there. It is what I spent at least 50-80% of my time studying. I still reference pieces of this book when I get into discussions with people who try to talk to me about "reverse racism," being the only white person in a room/school/workplace/whatever, and/or who believe racism no longer exists.
Four years later the author would give the commencement speech to my graduating class.
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph. D
2003
Weight: 10.4 oz
Method of Disposal: Leaving at Joe's in EAV
This was required reading for all first year students at Agnes Scott College when I started there. It was a great introductory book for college. It is easy to understand, and it encompasses many important and pressing issues about systematic racism and oppression. I was very excited to talk about it with my new professors and peers, which really never happened in a satisfactory way--for me anyway. I did learn a lot about oppression in my time there. It is what I spent at least 50-80% of my time studying. I still reference pieces of this book when I get into discussions with people who try to talk to me about "reverse racism," being the only white person in a room/school/workplace/whatever, and/or who believe racism no longer exists.
Four years later the author would give the commencement speech to my graduating class.
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