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Still, Heilbrun's resignation shouldn't be taken the wrong way. Universities should not be pressured into hiring single, token women and minority faculty members as a way to appease angry professors. That was where former Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell's well intentioned crusade fell short...
...issues where, rightly or wrongly, he departs from many black advocacy groups -- issues such as capital punishment and welfare reform -- he's actually closer to black public opinion than they are. "Blacks can't forget that like it or not, they are part of this country too," observes Derrick Bell, the black activist and legal scholar. "At some point, we have to hope for the best with regard to racial issues but recognize that we sink or swim with this society...
Wilkins was tenured in the midst of student protests and sit-ins over the lack of diversity in Law School faculty. In addition, Derrick A. Bell Jr., former Weld professor of law, refused the return the Harvard after a two-year leave of absence to protest the school's hiring practices...
...complaint, filed last spring by former Harvard Law Professor Derrick A. Bell, charged that Harvard has "violated several anti-discrimination provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights...
This quote, from Derrick Bell's recent book, Faces at the Bottom of the Well could have been referring to an earlier era in American history, during which Bell fought valiantly for the right to integrated education. The book reveals at drastic change in Bell's moral and political beliefs. Bell holds that not only is racism prevalent today, but it is also not going away...