![]() Baker defines integration as full rights of self-determination and participation for all black Americans and other groups historically excluded by race, “in every facet of national life.” A gifted storyteller, the author writes with the urgency of what’s at stake-i.e., the very survival of our democracy. We want to end the national crisis of school desegregation, but we shrink from the idea of busing. This is not an easy task considering that many Americans are invested in the systems that “perpetuate racism,” but Baker provides plenty of illuminating examples to bolster his argument: A company hires diversity consultants but won’t diversify its C-suite. ![]() ![]() The author argues that integration is “the most radical, transformative idea in US politics,” once properly understood, and he endeavors successfully to deliver that understanding. ![]() An impassioned analysis of America’s failure at racial integration as a failure of democracy.ĭecades after the many successes of the civil rights movement, why hasn’t America dismantled racism? According to Baker, a novelist who has taught at a variety of universities, it’s because we’ve never employed the only real solution to the problem: integration. ![]()
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