Book Cover "And don't call me a racist!" A treasury of quotes on the past, present, and future of the color line in America / Selected and arranged by Ella Mazel

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THE RACIAL DIVIDE

  • Past / Present / Future
  • For better / For worse
  • Prejudice is . . .
  • Racism is . . .
  • . . . prejudice + power
  • . . . + money
  • Invisible racism

THE PAST

Past history

  • Disinterring the past
  • Slavery
  • The "science" of slavery
  • The aftermath of slavery
  • The permanent scar
  • The enduring legacy

Recent history

  • The Southern way
  • Little Rock
  • The civil rights movement
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

THE PRESENT

Being black: Racism and the individual

  • The constant burden
  • Psychological murder
  • Racial identity
  • Living in two worlds
  • Fear and rage
  • Malcolm X
  • Beyond rage and hate
  • Overcoming
  • Being American
  • The paradox of success
  • Being a role model
  • Paul Robeson

Whose problem? Racism and society

  • White privilege
  • A shared destiny . . .
  • . . . or a divided one
  • Integration . . .
  • . . . or resegregation
  • The limits of law
  • The economic gap
  • Equal opportunity
  • Affirmative action
  • Color blindness . . .
  • . . . and our children

THE FUTURE

  • "One America"
  • Talking and listening
  • Person to person
  • Working for change
  • Keeping the dream alive

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