Offers an analysis of the conditions that keep blacks and whites apart.

Dividing American society -- Race and racism : inferiority vs. equality -- Being black in America -- White responses : right and left, guilt and sex -- Parents and children : do the races really differ? -- The racial income gap : how much is due to bias? -- Equity in employment : qualifications and quotas -- Education : ethnicity and achievement -- Segregated schooling : voluntary and imposed -- What's best for black children? -- Crime : the role race plays -- A politics based on race.