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title: "2 Co worker Quotes By Derrick Bell"
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> [However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation -- to our friend, family, and life partners; to those we teach and mentor; to our co-workers, neighbors, strangers; and even to forces we cannot fully conceive of, let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/however-self-sufficient-we-may-fancy-ourselves-we-exist-only-in/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/derrick-bell-16993_co-worker_however-self-sufficient-we-may-fancy-our_123216.jpg)

> [However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation - to our friend, family, and life partners; to those we teach and mentor; to our coworkers, neighbors, strangers; and even to forces we cannot fully conceive of, let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/however-self-sufficient-we-may-fancy-ourselves-we-exist-only-in-2/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

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## More by Derrick Bell

> [“The Portland school board's policy equated integration and racial assimilation. This policy, Rist explains, is a "means of socializing nonwhite students to act, speak,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/the-portland-school-board-s-policy-equated-integration-and-racial/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [“What neither Warren nor most of the rest of us recognized was that segregation was not, as Nirej Sekhorn put it, simply a "taint"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/what-neither-warren-nor-most-of-the-rest-of-us-recognized-was-that/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [“Regrettably, I paid far less attention to all those students less able to overcome the hostility and the sense of alienation they faced in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/regrettably-i-paid-far-less-attention-to-all-those-students-less-able/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation -- to our friend, family, and life partners; to those we teach and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/however-self-sufficient-we-may-fancy-ourselves-we-exist-only-in/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [“As with most voluntary school integration programs, dispersal of the black children was the norm. In Portland, no more than forty-five black children were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/as-with-most-voluntary-school-integration-programs-dispersal-of-the/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [“A few white children were friendly, but others were hostile or simply distant. Teachers unthinkingly added to both problems by physically separating black students…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/a-few-white-children-were-friendly-but-others-were-hostile-or-simply/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [“Today, many whites oppose all social reform as "welfare programs for blacks." They ignore the fact that poor whites have employment, education, and social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/today-many-whites-oppose-all-social-reform-as-welfare-programs-for/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [ “Harry Belafonte explained: \[T\]he Second World War happened, and my mother told me that the fight against Hitler was our fight, and I went… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/harry-belafonte-explained-t-he-second-world-war-happened-and-my/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [It appears that my worst fears have been realized: we have made progress in everything yet nothing has changed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/it-appears-that-my-worst-fears-have-been-realized-we-have-made/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/power-in-the-hands-of-the-reformer-is-no-less-potentially-corrupting/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation - to our friend, family, and life partners; to those we teach and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/however-self-sufficient-we-may-fancy-ourselves-we-exist-only-in-2/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [“Here is a foundation for understanding today what was clear to only a few fifty years earlier. Now we can see how the state-mandated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/here-is-a-foundation-for-understanding-today-what-was-clear-to-only-a/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [“The Court ignored his racial configuration and simply applied the "one drop" rule. If Plessy was white and ejected from a white railroad coach,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/the-court-ignored-his-racial-configuration-and-simply-applied-the-one/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/few-whites-are-ready-to-actively-promote-civil-rights-for-blacks/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

> [The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/the-challenge-throughout-has-been-to-tell-what-i-view-as-the-truth/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

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