NOSCA: National Office for
School Counselor Advocacy

In this book, Tatum examines some of the most salient issues in American education and race relations:

• How unexamined racial attitudes can negatively affect minority-student achievement.
• The need of African American students to see themselves reflected in curricula and institutions.
• The possibilities — and complications — of intimate crossracial 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.