Not only are Black adolescents encountering racism and reflecting on their identity, but their White peers, even when they are not the perpetrators (and sometimes they are), are unprepared to respond in supportive way." (59 & 60) In the quoted passage Tatum gives a very good example of why the Black students sit together. ... I agree with Tatum's passage because the majority of Whites cannot identify with Blacks. ... But what happens when that friend is not of the same race, that friend is unprepared to be supportive. ...

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He commanded a great deal of respect (and sometimes fear) from the black community and as King believes also won "the grudging respect of the whites" . ... His completely unprepared speech to the MIA was so profound that they continued the boycott. ... This was an enormous win for King and the black population as a whole, and although it angered the whites significantly and caused much more violence towards blacks, it only increased...

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