Can We Talk About Race?, Beverly Daniel Tatum
Can We Talk About Race?, Beverly Daniel Tatum
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Can We Talk About Race?
And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation

Author: Beverly Daniel Tatum

Narrator: Beverly Daniel Tatum

Unabridged: 4 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/18/2018


Synopsis

Major new reflections on race and schools—by the best-selling author of “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”

A Simmons College/Beacon Press Race, Education, and Democracy Series Book

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.

About The Author

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Irene on August 02, 2021

The first two chapters were better than the second. They were more relevant to elementary school teachers. I would love to see updated research and a new perspective that is more current to 2021. The underline concept of the book is good and thought provoking.......more

Goodreads review by Deb on August 09, 2009

For any of you who are educators struggling with NCLB and its insistence on tests as a measure of learning, chapter two of this book is for you! After I finished the book, I wrote an e-mail to Pres. Obama suggesting that he get Beverly Tatum and Arne Duncan together to talk over a beverage of their......more

Goodreads review by Emma-Kate on January 23, 2019

A very introductory look at social justice teaching, but a great basic beginning point for equity.......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on November 03, 2018

I don't normally write reviews of books, but I will make a exception for this book. I read this on a whim while doing personal research on the subject of race relations as the subject is interesting to me. As a history major I found chapter two insight full and that is the reason why I am giving it......more

Goodreads review by Erika on December 26, 2024

This book does a great job of detailing the historical context of racial desegregation and re-segregation as she calls it in American schools. She discusses key issues in public schools to bridge the achievement gap and racial divide, but I was looking for more applicable steps to take as an educato......more