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> [“A few white children were friendly, but others were hostile or simply distant. Teachers unthinkingly added to both problems by physically separating black students in the classroom either for special instruction or in response to the black students' requests.”](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/)

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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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