Black Resistance/White Law: A History of Constitutional Racism in America — Federalism & Inaction
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world — one book at a time.
This episode explores Black Resistance/White Law: A History of Constitutional Racism in America by Mary Frances Berry as a systems-level analysis of how constitutional structure and federal discretion influenced the protection — or neglect — of civil rights.
By focusing on institutional design rather than individual actors, the episode shows why patterns of inaction persisted even when their consequences were widely recognized.
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