The Sixth Edition of this innovative text written by Derrick Bell continues to provide students with insight into the issues surrounding race in America and an understanding of how the law interprets those issues as well as the factors that directly and indirectly influence the law. The first casebook published specifically for teaching race related law courses,
Race, Racism, and American Law
is engaging, offering hard-hitting enlightenment, and is an unparalleled teaching tool.
Among the features that have made this text a success with both students and instructors through five editions over 35 years:
Clear and readable text along with
a participatory approach
that encourages discussion of unresolved and perhaps unresolvable racial issues.
Interdisciplinary excerpts
from historical, sociological, and psychological publications that provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the subject and in this edition
pose the question of the lawand#8217;s limitations in remedying current racial barriers.
Creative
hypothetical exercises
for possible briefing and argument to the class by student advocates. The presentations promote a learning by teaching experience that enables students to realize the complex nature and consequences of racism in the United States
Commentary on the
Supreme Court's conception of a andquot;color-blindandquot;
society and its adverse effects on school desegregation, voting, employment, and affirmative action
Alternatives to integration in achieving the goal of equal educational opportunity.
The absence or inadequacy of remedies for racial barriers facing
Latino, Asian and Native American citizens.
Discussion of Professor Lani Guinier's advocacy of
proportional representation
over majority-minority districts.
The uses of
nooses as racial intimidation
symbols replacing flaming crosses.
Racial priorities in
Hurricane Katrinaand#8217;s
rescue and recovery policies.
The legal ramifications of the disproportionately
high percentage of blacks and Hispanics in American prisons
Legal and social barriers to blacks and Latinos seeking to challenge
employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.
The growing acceptance and continued hostility to
interracial sex and marriage.
The vulnerability of black and Latino buyers to consumer schemes and sub-prime mortgages.
The limited value of racial protests during a time of war and national crisis.
Fully updated, the Sixth Edition includes:
Increased citation to and discussion of law review articles that offer
new and perhaps controversial perspectives,
which Professor Bell utilizes to provide divergent views and thus better
provoke class discussion and independent student thought
Summaries of
new Supreme Court cases
A
new hypothetical problem
that deals with using non-racial criteria to create school diversity
New sections on the
adverse impact of immigration on black employment
and the
impact of unemployment on prison rates
Race, Racism, and American Law, Sixth Edition, compiled and published initially in 1973
by Derrick Bell, in this latest addition continues its position as an essential tool to any course addressing the reasons why race remains a key to Americaand#8217;s economic, political and social functioning. If you arenand#8217;t already using this text, request an examination copy today.