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Derrick Bell quotes: The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair.

The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair.

Derrick Bell quotes: I go to readings by fiction writers like Alice Walker, and I'm envious of the level of attention they generate.

I go to readings by fiction writers like Alice Walker, and I'm envious of the level of attention they generate.

Derrick Bell quotes: Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.

Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.

Derrick Bell quotes: My wife says I spend my life trying to teach white folks. I'm not so sure I'm proud of it, but she's right.

My wife says I spend my life trying to teach white folks. I'm not so sure I'm proud of it, but she's right.

Derrick Bell quotes: Slavery is, as an example of what white America has done, a constant reminder of what white America might do.

Slavery is, as an example of what white America has done, a constant reminder of what white America might do.

Derrick Bell quotes: It appears that my worst fears have been realised: we have made progress in everything yet nothing has changed.

It appears that my worst fears have been realised: we have made progress in everything yet nothing has changed.

Derrick Bell quotes: All ethical people strive to choose "right" over "easy" when confronted by situations that force them to choose one or the other.

All ethical people strive to choose "right" over "easy" when confronted by situations that force them to choose one or the other.

Derrick Bell quotes: I live to harass white folks.

I live to harass white folks.