Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

2-12-2020

SSRN Discipline

Legal Scholarship Network; PSN Subject Matter eJournals; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; Legal Anthropology eJournals; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; AARN Subject Matter eJournals; Cultural Anthropology eJournals; Political Science Network; Anthropology & Archaeology Research Network; Political Behavior eJournals

Abstract

This essay examines Derrick Bells reflections on religion and law and his exploration of how blind faith in either can incorporate racism I offer two examples from Alabamas legal history to show how this can happen I then posit that his rejection of a fundamentalist approach to both religion and law led to his adoption of racial realism as a way to live a life of meaning and worth

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