Michael K. Brown is Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz.Martin Carnoy is Professor of Education and Economics at Stanford University.Elliott Currie is Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine.Troy Duster and Marjorie M. Shultz are Emeritus Professors at the University of California, Berkeley.David B. Oppenheimer is Clinical Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law.David Wellman (1940–2022) was Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

• ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction: Race Preferences and Race Privileges1. Of Fish and Water: Perspectives on Racism and Privilege2. The Bankruptcy of Virtuous Markets: Racial Inequality, Poverty, and  “Individual Failure”3. Keeping Blacks in Their Place: Race, Education, and Testing4. Been in the Pen So Long: Race, Crime, and Justice5. Civil Rights and Racial Equality: Employment Discrimination Law, Affirmative Action, and Quotas 6. Color-Blindness as Color Consciousness: Voting Rights and Political EqualityConclusion: Facing Up to RaceAfterword to the 2023 Edition Notes BibliographyAbout the AuthorsIndex