Silent Covenants: Brown V. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform
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Silent Covenants: Brown V. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform
mixed feelings about this one.... (
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30 /50 )
In this book, Bell makes the argument that racial reform will never happen in the United States. He explains his belief that every policy implemented by whites, even though it may seem to be in the interest of black advancement, is in all actuality an attempt to further white interests. One can see
The best kind of contrarian/counterintuitive scholarship (
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This is a brilliant book, one that challenges many of the feel good myths surrounding Brown. The notion of unfulfilled hopes is crucial in an age when people no longer acknowledge the signficance of race. I would buy this book along with a copy of Thomas Shapiros The Hidden Cost of Being African-Ame
Law School for Dummies
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A must read for all rising One Ls! (
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Im starting law school in the fall as a 1L, so of course Ive been reading everything I can on what to expect. Out of all the law school books Ive read so far, this one is by far the best! Not only did it give a very realistic sense of what to expect as a law student, from the amount of studying to t..
Shapo and Shapos Law School Without Fear: Strategies for Success, 2d
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NOT worth the money (
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I was asked to read this relatively expensive book before my one-week intro to law class. I am not impressed. It seems very dry and very basic and mostly tells you what you will learn in the first year. Well, I plan to finish my first year so I suppose I will learn everything they want me to know. I..
Kaplan LSAT 180
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Questions not really the flavor of those on the real LSAT. (
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The book gets an E for effort, but the questions are lacking in flavor from what youll see on an actual LSAT.
For example, in many of the questions in the games section, you can solve the entire question by appealing to only one of the rules of the game. This is a rarity on the LSAT, and certainl..
