![]() ![]() ![]() In other words, we are more or less unintentionally being raised to be thinking categorically, or if you wish to say so, racist. The secondhand information we receive has in its turn been distorted, shaped by cultural stereotypes and left incomplete. According to her, most of the early information we receive about others in our childhood – people racially, religiously or socioeconomically different from ourselves – is not a result of firsthand experience, but most often filtered through adults and older children we interact with, through media, literature and so on. When it comes to the development of racism intra-personally, Tatum suggests that a great part of the process is unconscious and unintented. ![]() Beginning with the question presented in the title, Tatum defines the terms used in the book and discusses the development of racism in both intra-personal and societal levels, a task that she continues to do during all the three parts discussed here. The book’s title is intriguing, arousing curiosity of what’s to come. īeverly Daniel Tatum’s book of 1997 deals with a matter that is a constantly pressing issue in the society, namely racism. ![]() Tatum, Beverly Daniel (1997): ”Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?” And Other Conversations About Race. Please add categories to help Wikiversity participants find the resource or ask people to help. ![]()
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