Race

The Skin on My Chin

By: Michelle Chalmers (also Wellesley parent)

• The Skin on My Chin is a fun rhyming picture book, for children ages 2 to 8, written as a tool for parents and teachers to begin and extend conversations about skin color, melanin, ancestry, race, stereotypes, and prejudice.

Can we Talk about Race?

By: Beverly Daniel Tatum

• The need of African American students to see themselves reflected in curricula and institutions

• How unexamined racial attitudes can negatively affect minority-student achievement

• The possibilities—and complications—of intimate cross-racial friendships

Tatum approaches all these topics with the blend of analysis and storytelling that make her one of our most persuasive and engaging commentators on race.

Courageous Conversations About Race

By: Glenn Singleton

• This updated edition of the bestseller continues to explain the need for candid, courageous conversations about race so that educators may understand why achievement inequality persists and learn how they can develop a curriculum that promotes true educational equity and excellence.

Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

By: Beverly Daniel Tatum

• Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides. These topics have only become more urgent as the national conversation about race is increasingly acrimonious. This fully revised edition is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of race in America.