Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and other conversations about Race

Walk into any mixed racially high school and you will see Black, White and Latinx youth clustered in their own groups . Is this self segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy we should support?  How can we get past our reluctance to discuss racial issues? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racisim, argues that straight talk about our racial and ethnic divides. These topics have only become more urgent as the national conversation about race is increasingly acrimonious. This fully revised and updated edition is essential reading for anyone seeking to understant the dynamics of race in America