TAPT - SPRING 2022

Turn-A-Page-Together (TAPT)

Intercultural Alliances (IA), a unit of the Division of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion  provides students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to come together and discuss books on topics related to culture, ethnicity, and Deaf culture. The goals of the TAPT program are:
a) Foster cross-campus collaboration,
b) Nurture the well-being and self-actualization of Gallaudet staff, faculty, and students,
c) Engage in courageous, sustained and transformational intergroup dialogues about books pertaining to culture and diversity,  
d) Increase diversity awareness, and
e) Discover intersectional identities and increase multicultural competency.

The books (hard copy or e-books) are FREE for registered participants within the Gallaudet community! Alumni are welcome to participate in TAPT, however, they will have to purchase their own books.

TAPT  Spring 2022 on Campus  - Groups will meet on Mondays, from February 7 to April 11, 2022, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. EST in the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) in the I. King Jordan Student Activity Center (JSAC).

Virtual TAPT  Spring 2022 - Groups will meet on Thursdays, from February 10 to April 14 2022, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST via Zoom.


If you have any questions or concerns, email elvia.guillermo.aguilar@gallaudet.edu.

Books offered for Spring 2022:

1. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum

The classic, New York Times-bestselling book on the psychology of racism that shows us how to talk about race in America.

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? How can we get past our reluctance to discuss racial issues?

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 communicating across racial and ethnic divides and pursuing antiracism. 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 dynamics of race and racial inequality in America.


2. The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race by Anthony Christian Ocampo

Is race only about the color of your skin? In The Latinos of Asia, Anthony Christian Ocampo shows that what "color" you are depends largely on your social context. Filipino Americans, for example, helped establish the Asian American movement and are classified by the U.S. Census as Asian. But the legacy of Spanish colonialism in the Philippines means that they share many cultural characteristics with Latinos, such as last names, religion, and language. Thus, Filipinos' "color"―their sense of connection with other racial groups―changes depending on their social context.
The Filipino story demonstrates how immigration is changing the way people negotiate race, particularly in cities like Los Angeles where Latinos and Asians now constitute a collective majority. Amplifying their voices, Ocampo illustrates how second-generation Filipino Americans' racial identities change depending on the communities they grow up in, the schools they attend, and the people they befriend. Ultimately, The Latinos of Asia offers a window into both the racial consciousness of everyday people and the changing racial landscape of American society.
 
3. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

New York Times Bestseller • Notable Book of the Year • Editors' Choice Selection
One of Bill Gates’ “Amazing Books” of the Year
One of Publishers Weekly’s 10 Best Books of the Year
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
An NPR Best Book of the Year
Winner of the Hillman Prize for Nonfiction
Gold Winner • California Book Award (Nonfiction)
Finalist • Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History)
Finalist • Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize
This “powerful and disturbing history” exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide (New York Times Book Review).
 
Widely heralded as a “masterful” (Washington Post) and “essential” (Slate) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law offers “the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation” (William Julius Wilson). Exploding the myth of de facto segregation arising from private prejudice or the unintended consequences of economic forces, Rothstein describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation: with undisguised racial zoning; public housing that purposefully segregated previously mixed communities; subsidies for builders to create whites-only suburbs; tax exemptions for institutions that enforced segregation; and support for violent resistance to African Americans in white neighborhoods. A groundbreaking, “virtually indispensable” study that has already transformed our understanding of twentieth-century urban history (Chicago Daily Observer), The Color of Law forces us to face the obligation to remedy our unconstitutional past. 13 illustrations