Instructions
Directions: Answer the following questions in detail after reading Dr. Tatum’s Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?. Make sure that you: answer each question completely, that you use grammatically correct sentences, and number each of your answers, so there is no confusion. You may use passages and text from the reading to support your answers. If you do so, make sure to use the MLA format so that you do not get into trouble with plagiarism. Please read chapter 3 and chapter 4 of the book, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum.
1.) Explain in detail, what does Tatum mean when she writes that Black People living in the United States “can’t be racist” ?
2.) Do you agree with Tatum’s statement that Black People living in the United States “can’t be racist”? Explain in detail.
3.) Explain in detail, why do you think that Dr. Tatum states and writes that “the development of a healthy racial identity not based on supposed notions of inferiority or superiority is important for everyone” ? a.) Do you agree or disagree with Dr. Tatum in this quote? Explain in detail.
Directions: Watch the presentation by Dr. Beverly Tatum and answer the following questions.
Dr. Beverly Tatum TEDx Talks “Is My Skin Brown Because I Drank Chocolate Milk?” (Links to an external site.)
5.) How have your first experiences with “race” or “racism” influenced or affected you as an adult? Explain in detail.
6.) What is the difference according to Tatum between raising a child to openly discuss, acknowledge, investigate and question racial issues compared to raising a child to be “color blind”? Explain in detail.
7.) How are children affected when they are not allowed to discuss racial topics or issues at home with their families? Explain in detail.
8.) Explain in detail, what is the danger in presenting children with misinformation or racist, inaccurate information about the topic of “race”?
9.) What is the danger of receiving misinformation/racist information about other racial groups throughout a person’s life without the opportunity to receive unbiased information from members of the racial groups in question? Explain in detail. a.) How does this constant bombardment of racist ideas and representations of other “racial groups” affect a person once that person becomes an adult?
10.) Share your feelings and thoughts and impressions of Dr. Tatum’s “TEDx” presentation at Stanford University.