And we are not saved : the elusive quest for racial justice ; with a new appendix for classroom discussion

A distinguished legal scholar and civil rights activist employs a series of dramatic fables and dialogues to probe the foundations of America’s racial attitudes and raise disturbing questions about th Publishers Weekly In this expansion of a foreword to a 1985 issue of the Harvard Law Review on the Supreme Court, Harvard Law School professor Bell (Race, Racism and American Law, etc.) asserts that although racial equality has been legally affirmed, economic equality after initial gains is retrogressing despite affirmative action. Lack of enforcement of legislation is partly to blame, he maintains, as are problems concerned as much with social class as color, notably self-interest of a dominant white society. Discussing unresolved racial contradictions of the Constitution, still largely responsible, in Bell's view, for racist attitudes, he uses ingenious metaphorical tales to illustrate aspects of racial injustice that still obtain. He charges that whites have benefited more than blacks from civil-rights reforms, citing desegregation of schools and the 14th Amendment and other measures that extend constitutional coverage to all citizens. He suggests the formation of a coalition of disadvantaged blacks and whites, urging that entitlement standards include class as well as racial disadvantage. (September 17) The author of Faces at the Bottom of the Well andthe man behind critical race theory ( New Yorker )offers an imaginativeinvestigation ofAmericanrace relations and thedifficultstruggle for racial justice. In AndWe Are Not Saved ,legal scholar and civil rights activist Derrick Bell calls for a deeper understanding of how white supremacy functions in the United States. Bell challenges the idea that significant social, political, and economic progresswas achieved by the civilrightsmovement in the wake of the 1954 Brown v. Board decision.Througha series offables anddramaticdialoguesmodeled on the grim fairytales of the eighteenth century,Bellexplains the truepervasiveness of racial oppressionwithin the American legal system.Racial inequality, he argues,is an integral part of Americanlaw and society,anditcannot beeasilyreversed through legislation. Hailed as fascinating ( New York Times Book Review ) anddaring ( Washington Post ),thisis a landmark work in the study of race inAmerica. A Distinguished Legal Scholar And Civil Rights Activist Employs A Series Of Dramatic Fables And Dialogues To Probe The Foundations Of America's Racial Attitudes And Raise Disturbing Questions About The Nature Of Our Society. Derrick Bell. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 259-277. A distinguished legal scholar and civil rights activist employs a series of dramatic fables and dialogues to probe the foundations of America's racial attitudes and raise disturbing questions about the nature of our society--Página 4 de la cubierta Annotation. A distinguished legal scholar and civil rights activist employs a series of dramatic fables and dialogues to probe the foundations of Americas racial attitudes and raise disturbing questions about the nature of our society UNTIL NOW, I had thought that law faculty meetings were the most frustrating gatherings known to the Western world.