SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. A NOTE TO THE READER ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. PREFACE: TELLING STORIES
6. RECASTING REMEDIES AS DISEASES xvii
7. COLOR-BLIND JUSTICE xx
8. THE DESIGN OF THIS BOOK xxiv
9. PART ONE. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE
10. NOT WHITE ENOUGH 1
11. DEE 6
12. BLACK COLUMBUS 9
13. RACIAL POVERTY 14
14. MAN-CHILD 20
15. COLORED MATTERS 26
16. CODED SCHOOLS 29
17. BUSING 33
18. GOING HOME 40
19. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 47
20. THE CHARACTER OF COLOR 54
21. DIVERSITY AS ONE FACTOR 56
22. THE DECEPTION OF COLOR BLINDNESS 60
23. PART TWO. WHITE PRIVILEGE AND BLACK DESPAIR: THE ORIGINS OF RACIAL CASTE IN AMERICA
24. THE DECLARATION OF INFERIORITY 68
25. MARGINAL AMERICANS 71
26. INVENTING AMERICAN SLAVERY 74
27. THE ROAD TO CONSTITUTIONAL CASTE 81
28. LOSING SECOND-CLASS CITIZENSHIP 91
29. RECONSTRUCTION A N D SACRIFICE 96
30. SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL 101
31. THE COLOR LINE 103
32. CRITIQUING COLOR BLINDNESS 109
33. PART THREE. THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF REMEDIAL AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
34. THE ORIGINS OF REMEDIAL AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 115
35. THE COURT OF LAST RESORT 120
36. THE INVENTION OF REVERSE DISCRIMINATION 128
37. THE POLITICS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: MYTH OR REALITY? 150
38. RACIAL REALISM 168
39. ELIMINATING CASTE 172
40. AFTERWORD 177
41. NOTES 185
42. INDEX 209