Quote by Derrick Bell

“Thus, those who now sharply criticize the public schools speak fondly of an era when most schools were racially segregated; when public schools were…

— Diane Ravitch

“But black students were left on their own.”

— Isabel Wilkerson

“But why not? He deserved it. It took years to take control of this school—to oust the resisters, to implant the sympathizers, to blind…

— Frank Peretti

“Fifty years after Brown, we should have learned that there is no magic in white classmates. The magic lies at the intersection of educational…

— William Raspberry

“But few black parents had any substantial contact with the school. Rist doubts their assessment would have been so positive had they been "really…

— Derrick Bell

“What I ask my white students to do, and what I ask of you, my dear friends, is to try, the best you can,…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“time proved that the persistent educational gap between black and white students was only indirectly traceable to segregation. Instead, the root of the problem…

— Derrick Bell

“dismiss white people as the slightly mad victims of their own brainwashing. One watched the lives they led. One could not be fooled about…

— James Baldwin

“The court’s ruling established a precedent more powerful than the Lum family could have imagined. By fighting, they only made the enemy stronger. Every…

— Adrienne Berard

“A few white children were friendly, but others were hostile or simply distant. Teachers unthinkingly added to both problems by physically separating black students…

— Derrick Bell

“What was worse than losing you was when you started to hurt me. Your words and actions made me hate coming to school. They…

— Penelope Douglas

“The truth is, white rage has undermined democracy, warped the Constitution, weakened the nation’s ability to compete economically, squandered billions of dollars on baseless…

— Carol Anderson