Faces at the bottom of the well : the permanence of racism / Derrick Bell.

By: Bell, Derrick A .

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : BasicBooks, c1992Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-214) and index.Description: xiv, 222 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0465068170 :.Subject(s): Racism -- United States

| African Americans -- Civil rights

| United States -- Race relations

DDC classification: 305.8/00973

Contents:

Introduction: divining our racial themes -- Racial symbols: a limited legacy -- The Afrolantica awakening -- The Racial Preference Licensing Act -- The last black hero -- Divining a racial realism theory -- The rules of racial standing -- A law professor's protest -- Racism's secret bonding -- The space traders -- Epilogue: beyond despair.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Two Weeks	Davenport Library Circulating Collection	Print-Circulating	305.8 B413 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		34284001292002

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