Race and racism in historical perspective: comparing the United States, South Africa, and Brazil / George M. Fredrickson -- PART 1: COUNTRY PORTRAITS: The Second Republic: race, inequality, and democracy in South Africa / Wilmot James and Jeffrey Lever -- Combating racism in South Africa: redress/remedies / Mamphela Ramphele -- Whiteness in the rainbow: experiencing the loss of privilege in the new South Africa / Melissa Steyn -- Dance of deceptiion: a reading of race relations in Brazil / Abdias do Nascimento and Elisa Larkin Nascimento -- The misadventures of nonracism in Brazil / Antonio Sergio Alfredo Guimaraes -- Not yet "E pluribus unum" : racism, America's Achilles Heel / Charles V. Hamilton -- The women's movement in the United States: confronting racism and sexism / Leslie R. Wolfe -- The social construction of racial privilege in the United States: an asset perspective / Melvin L. Oliver -- PART 2: COMPARATIVE ISSUES: Race, human capital inequality, and income distribution / Lesley O'Connell and nancy Birdsall -- Globalization: a view from the South / Francis Wilson -- GDP increases from ending long-term discrimination against Blacks / Jonas Zoninsein -- Transformative action: a strategy for ending racial hierarchy and achieving true democracy / John A. Powell -- The seven deadly myths of the U.S. nonprofit sector: implications for promoting social justice worldwide / Emmett D. Carson -- Racial discrimination as a violation of international law: international standards and mechanisms / Gay McDougall -- PART 3: PROSPECTS: Prospects for a nonracial future in South Africa / Neville Alexander -- Responses -- It's in the blood: notes on racial attitudes in Brazil from a different perspective / Elisa Larkin Nascimento -- Interviews -- "Bluebeard's Castle": an American fairy tale / Derrick Bell -- Reflections on "Bluebeard's Castle" / Derrick Bell [and others] -- Concluding note / Charles V. Hamilton
