Race, Racism, and American Law

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 law’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 "color-blind"
  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 Katrina’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 America’s economic, political and social functioning. If you
  aren’t already using this text, request an examination copy today.