"Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about race

Defining racism: "Can we talk?"

The complexity of identity: "Who am I?"

The early years: "Is my skin brown because I drink chocolate milk?"

Identity development in adolescence: "Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?"

Racial identity in adulthood: "Still a work in progress ..."

The development of white identity: "I'm not ethnic, I'm just normal."

White identity and affirmative action: "I'm in favor of affirmative action except when it comes to my jobs."

Critical issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American identity development: "There's more than just Black and White, you know."

Identity development in multiracial families: "But don't the children suffer?"

Embracing a cross-racial dialogue: "We were struggling for the words."

Prologue: "Why are all the black kids still sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about race in the twenty-first century

Prologue: A psychologist's perspective

Defining racism

The complexity of identity

The early years

Identity development in adolescence

Racial identity in adulthood

The development of white identity

White identity, Affirmative Action, and color-blind racial ideology

Critical issues in Latinx, Native, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Middle Eastern/North African identity development

Identity development in multiracial families

Embracing a cross-racial dialogue

Epilogue: Signs of hope, sites of progress.