Ep. 278: Derrick Bell on the Dynamics of Racism (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Derick Bell, a Realist, but a Legal Pessimist
The book starts with the concept of pessimism about civil rights. All the legislation only gets past when there's some benefit to white people, he says. He is not a person who believes that protest and boycott get you far any more. And so you see how the story turns out because of that, yes?
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