Assimilation Blues by Beverly Daniel Tatum

Assimilation Blues by Beverly Daniel Tatum

What does it mean to be Black in a white, middle-class community? Is it the ultimate symbol of success? Or will one pay in isolation, alienation, rootlessness? What price must one pay for paradise? Is the price too high? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, interviewed Black families in depth to identify the sacrifices and achievements necessary to survive and prosper in a white community. For the Black citizens of Sun Beach, dual-income households, religious affiliation, and extended families help maintain stability. But with assimilation comes an insidious hidden racism, subtly communicated when Black children aren't't called on in class and revealed more fully in incidents of racial name-calling. By listening to the individual voices of these children and their parents, Dr. Tatum skillfully probes the complex questions of identity that arise for a visible people rendered invisible by their surroundings.

BEVERLY DANIEL TATUM is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, at Westfield State College, in Massachusetts.

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ISBN 13	9780313258725
ISBN 10	0313258724
Title	Assimilation Blues
Author	Beverly Daniel Tatum
Series	Contributions In Afro-American And African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published	1987-09-09
Number of pages	112
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