ABSTRACT
The intersection of race and poverty presents the two most seemingly intractable social problems in the United States today. Despitegains in the recent decades, unacceptable levels of institutional racism and poverty persist. Increasing income and wealth gaps, resegregation ofschools, absence of minorities in the highest levels of government and the private sector, and the racialization of space all are indicators of this failureof democracy. The white majority prefers to imagine a colorblind society, not just as a goal but also as a current reality. The Bush administration'snegative attitudes toward affirmative action, as well as former President Clinton's failed Race Initiative, are evidence that “liberty and justice forall” are not to be achieved in the near future. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HA WORTH. E-mail address: <docdelivery@haworthpress.com > Website: < https://www.HaworthPress.com" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.HaworthPress.com > © 2003 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]
