factors all around us‚ and also how we respond to them. In the article by Beverly Tatum titled The Complexity of Identity: “Who Am I?” she discusses how we as a society can get past our differences through understanding who we are. She gives multiple examples of how we relate to our environment and how a better understand of that can bring us closer together and even open new channels of communication through discussion. Tatum gives us a very well laid out way to ask the right questions‚ to get an
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In Why Are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria‚ as she explores the development of racial identity‚ Dr. Beverly Tatum says‚ “[Eggs] are different on the outside‚ but the same on the inside. People are the same way. They look different on the outside‚ but they are the same on the inside” (Tatum 35). Individuals do not get to choose their race‚ but it is only external—inside‚ human is human. A controversy exists over weather being pro-black and lifting up one’s race is a sincere form
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Tiffany What Is Beauty to the Young Black Female? There’s more to me that the human eye can see. I’m a woman of purpose and destiny. A perfect design‚ I’m special and unique. I won’t be identified by the parts that make up my physique. My beauty is not defined by my skin or my hair and my soul has more value than the clothes that I wear. I’m not a symbol of pleasure or sex appeal; I have the natural ability to comfort and the power to heal. When God made me‚ He created a
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Hate Crimes: Matthew Sheppard On 6 October 1998‚ Matthew Shepard‚ a student at the University of Wyoming‚ met Aaron James McKinney and Russel Arthur Henderson in a bar. The two men‚ claiming to also be gay‚ offered to drive Matthew home‚ but instead brought him to an isolated area‚ where they took his wallet (containing $20 and a credit card) and his leather shoes. But that was not the end. McKinney and Henderson tied Shepard to a fence‚ and proceeded to beat him to the point of unconsciousness
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schools can only lead to further problems with race relations. In comparing the essay Still Separate‚ still unequal: American’s Educational Apartheid by Johnathan Kozol and the essay Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Tatum you see that both essays have many similarities and differences in the points that they are trying to convey as well as the conclusions that each of the essays come to. Each essay presents different problems in the education system in the United
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Topic: Gender Inequality in the Middle East Working Title: Oppression of Women in Saudi Arabia 2 critical readings: - “The Complexity of Identity: Who Am I?”‚ Beverly Tatum (1997) - “The Politics of Recognition”‚ Charles Taylor (1994) Thesis Statement: Despite the celebration of women climbing up the social hierarchy in our modern society‚ unequal treatment and oppression towards women still persist in Saudi Arabia largely due to the internalization of their position as subordinates and victims
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as well as whites. “Racism‚ like other forms of oppression‚ is not only a personal ideology based on racial prejudice‚ but a system involving cultural messages and institutional policies and practices as well as beliefs and actions of individual” (Tatum‚ pg. 9). As a result of this system‚ it leaves the oppressed at a great disadvantage in society. This includes access to social‚ cultural‚ and economic resources and decision-making. In order for change to come about and for the American society to
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from depression and behavioral problems. Sadly the racial discrimination children experience doesn’t exclusively involve their peers bust sometimes adults. In an excerpt from the book “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting together in the Cafeteria”‚ Tatum gives an example of how African Americans think “Who am I ethically and/ or racially?” (359) the way different ethnic groups are treated by other people can cause young adults to find comfort in their own race to feel like they belong. But how do young
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Wellman’s illustration as a system of advantage based on race and provides examples of how Whites constantly defend their racial advantage. Both believe this system operates not only to the advantage of Whites‚ but to disadvantage the people of color. Tatum also classifies two different varieties of racism: active and passive. Active racism can be viewed as intentional acts of racial bigotry such as repeating racial slurs‚ signing anti-immigration petitions‚ or participating with certain hate groups.
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and Thinking About Visual and Popular Culture. Eds. Jonathan Silverman and Dean Rader. NYC: Prentice Hall‚ 2012. 294-296. Print. Shankman‚ Adam‚ dir. Bringing Down the House. Perf. Queen Latifah and Steve Martin. Touchstone Pictures‚ 2003. Film. Tatum‚ Beverly Daniel. “Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” The World Is a Text: Writing‚ Reading‚ and Thinking About Visual and Popular Culture. Eds. Jonathan Silverman and Dean Rader. NYC: Prentice Hall‚ 2012. 279-819. Print.
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