Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
7-2-2012
SSRN Discipline
Legal Scholarship Network; PSN Subject Matter eJournals; Social Insurance Research Network; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; Political Science Network; Political Behavior eJournals
Abstract
Examines Bells famous allegory in which white America sells its black citizens to an advanced race of extraterrestrials in return for three gifts of great value Concludes that the story has the ring of truth History shows that when nonwhite populations stand in the way of westward expansion Western societies summarily relocate or kill them Concludes nevertheless that the course of human events is somewhat open and that history need not always repeat itself Offers a revision of Bells account to show it is possible to reach a new conclusion wherein the American people reject the trade
Recommended Citation
Jean Stefancic & Richard Delgado,
Derrick Bell's Chronicle of the Space Traders: Would the U.S. Sacrifice People of Color if the Price Were Right?,
(2012).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers/52