Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum: The ABC's of Representation in Education
The Tight Rope
SpkerBox Media
5 • 605 Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum joins Dr. West and Professor Rose on The Tight Rope to talk about the critical importance of having curriculums, educators, and school communities that are dedicated to affirming and embracing students of color in general and Black students in particular. She explains the fundamental tenets of this practice in terms of what she calls “ABC’s:” Affirming Identity, Building Community, and Cultivating Leadership. Additionally, the Professors reflect on the resurgence of Dr. Tatum’s 25 year-old best-selling book, “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations About Race, as they discuss the movement of young people fighting for social equity and guidance.
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, is a clinical psychologist widely known for both her expertise on race relations and as a thought leader in higher education. In addition to authoring best-selling books and acting as a civic leader, her thirteen years as the president of Spelman College (2002-2015) were marked by innovation and growth; her visionary leadership was recognized in 2013 with the Carnegie Academic Leadership Award.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, and I'm on the tightrope. |
| 0:03.9 | We are witnessing America as a failed social experiment. |
| 0:12.2 | How do we tell this story in a way that builds the kind of emotional momentum |
| 0:16.6 | that colorblind ideology built? |
| 0:19.5 | So many young brothers and sisters of the younger generation find themselves so far removed |
| 0:25.1 | in the best of their past. |
| 0:26.9 | What are we going to make out of the nothing we've been given? |
| 0:31.2 | How do you envision possibilities? |
| 0:36.5 | Hey everyone. Thanks for joining us on the tightrope where we try to have a love and justice-infused dialogue and to keep our balance on tough issues. |
| 0:47.2 | I'm Tricia Rose and I'm here with my co-host and dear friend, Dr. Cornell West. |
| 0:52.4 | Always a joy to be with you, Cornell. |
| 0:54.4 | How are you feeling today? |
| 0:56.3 | I tell you, I'm always blessed to be in conversation with you. |
| 0:59.2 | I can tell you that right now. |
| 1:00.8 | We got smiles on our faces. |
| 1:02.4 | We got joys in our soul and we're fighting like I don't know what. |
| 1:07.1 | That is true. |
| 1:08.3 | That is true. |
| 1:09.4 | I just want to thank you for being such a positive spirit. |
| 1:13.6 | You know, I've been so taken every episode with guests from all walks of life, with how much you inspire them and they feel so blessed to be in conversation with the energy that they give back because of what you give out is just an |
| 1:28.4 | amazing thing. And I'm not sure enough people really, really appreciate that about you. I mean, |
| 1:33.7 | I just feel like I get to see it every week. It's just, it's like watching people open up and |
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