BLACK ISSUES BOOK REVIEW: U.S. Constitution's `Original Intent' On Race. Relations Scrutinized
RACE. The very mention of the word sends various segments of American society scrambling for various areas of retreat or confrontation. There are those who wish the subject would simply go out of style or die. Others see the topic as a perennial subject that is as endemic to America as the U.S. Constitution. Consequently, even the wish for the reality of race to go away is a testament to the fact of its prevalence in American society. Race, we must conclude, is inextricably bound up in America. It is an essential thread in this country's demographic quilt. This reality is forever …