Derrick Bell's Quotes

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

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

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.

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