General Arguments on the Permanence of Racism.
Racism has the potential to change with those attitudes but it appears to sit still at various periods in time because cooperation between the races is needed but there has been no proper strategy for absolutely achieving this cooperation. I agree with the consensus of the population that believes that racism is permanent. In the book entitled Faces at the Bottom of the Well, racism is defined as an integral, permanent, and indestructible component of this society. Bell makes his claim from personal experience and recognition of the problems that plague his race here in America. Bell believes that even when nonracist practices might bring a benefit, whites may rely on discrimination against blacks as a unifying factor and a safety device valve for economic frustrations. .
In agreeing with Bell, one can argue that racism will forever exist in some form or another because we as Blacks allow ourselves to be oppressed. Blacks must come to a self-realization and educate each other to gain some type of economic power. We have the beginnings of a framework in place since there is currently a significant amount of Blacks in the middle class of the U.S. As Bell states, the "them against us- racial ploy "always a potent force in economic bad times "is working again. This is shown in our everyday struggle with affirmative action policies. Whites make it seem as if they want to abolish racism, but in some essence they cannot function without it. They are not ready to fully share power with blacks. Many older whites are insulted by the idea of sharing power with their former physical slaves and present mental slaves which are normally those in the lower class of this society who refuse to be educated in order to fight this type of injustice.
On the other hand, one can disagree with Bell and Argue that racism is not permanent. For something to be permanent, it must be lasting or be intended to last indefinitely.