Reviews tagging 'Racism'

"Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity by Beverly Daniel Tatum

11 reviews

brittanykroeckel's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

This book is excellent. I am reading this for my Counseling Children and Adolescents course at TCNJ. At first I wasn’t sure what to expect and wondered how long this book would only discuss the Black-White dichotomy. However, Dr. Tatum does go beyond this and provides more than an adequate amount of research to help readers gain a baseline understanding of obstacles and struggles of various marginalized groups. I am satisfied having read this book but it also has started internal conversations that desire to read similar literature. 

There are two reasons why I gave 4.75 instead of a full 5. First, there were a couple spots here and there that were hard to get through and the chapters were long. 

Second, there is slight ableist language on two pages, both being “fall on deaf ears.” I actually reached out to Dr. Tatum regarding this and she responded right away. While she acknowledged the regret of using this, she will not be able to change it unless she writes a new edition and she would keep it on her radar. I appreciate Dr. Tatum in her response and her insight that’s been passed to me by reading this book. I’d recommend for anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Death, and Hate crime

Moderate: Bullying and Hate crime

Minor: Ableism

colorstream's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Graphic: Racism and Violence

theoceanrose's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.0

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Moderate: Racism

nee_cole's review

challenging inspiring reflective

5.0

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Graphic: Racism

mangofraiche's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Slavery, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Classism, Deportation, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

sarahrosea's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective

4.5

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Graphic: Racism

youreawizardjerry's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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Moderate: Colonisation, Islamophobia, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

cassy_smith's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective

4.0

Very informative with good topics to go back to later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Police brutality and Racial slurs

Minor: Religious bigotry and Hate crime

podanotherjessi's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

This is fantastic! In particular, I really recommend the 20th anniversary edition which has been updated to include more recent events and research. There isn't a lot in the way of solid advice, but the concepts and ideas here are so valuable just in understanding the country more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

anniefwrites's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

5.0

I learned so much from this book! I'd never read anything about race from a psychological perspective, and as someone who's dabbled in psychology and cares a lot about mental health, I found this to be a game-changer. I was especially impressed by how much ground Tatum covered--talking about experiences of people from all different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds--and seamlessly wove them together to show their interconnectedness. Will definitely be thinking about this a lot going forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Xenophobia