Race, as this book demonstrates, has been a factor in the
Constitution's framing, ratification, and development. Examined
specifically and in detail are: * the accommodation of slavery to
create a viable republic; * the Union's experience with and
eventual undoing by slavery; * reconstruction of the nation
pursuant to seminal principles of racial equality; * persisting
efforts to limit or defeat constitutional provisions for equality
and opportunity; * the desegregation mandate and its devolution;
and * modern problems in accounting for a legacy of racial
discrimination and disadvantage. The "Constitution" is the
overarching statement of popular will and consent and thus an
especially apt prism through which to discern racial truths and the
context and values that influence them. Constitutional law affords
a particularly useful departure point for acquiring perspective
upon moral reality and legal possibility. This book is rich in its
analysis of the Supreme Court's response to society's ambiguities,
concerns, and conscience in the matters of race. In examining
problems and issues which historically have engendered dispute and
division, it suggests a potentially consensual basis of
ascertaining the "Constitution"'s still unfinished business.
The nation's enduring ambivalence and the price it pays in less
than consistent constitutional interpretations on racial questions
is both enlightening and disturbing. The questions, of course, are
at the heart of a democracy and involve personhood, citizenship,
liberty, and equality. "The Constitution and Race" will be valuable
to political scientists, historians, sociologists, lawyers, and
students.
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