Activeantiracismm Quotes

“Not noticing requires energy.”
― Beverly Daniel Tatum, Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

“We must all be able to embrace who we are in terms of our racial and cultural heritage, not in terms of assumed superiority or inferiority but as an integral part of our daily experience in which we can take pride.”
― Beverly Daniel Tatum, Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

“Though they may not use the language of racial identity theory to describe it, most Black parents want their children to achieve an internalized sense of personal security, to be able to acknowledge the reality of racism and to respond effectively to it.”
― Beverly Daniel Tatum, Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

“We are better able to resist the negative impact of oppressive messages when we see them coming than when they are invisible to us.”
― Beverly Daniel Tatum, Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?