Brown Plus 50 and Beyond: Anthropology and the Ongoing Challenge of the 'Great Divide'.

The author reflects on the issue of racism in the U.S. He mentions the ruling declared by the U.S. Supreme Court in a court case, Brown versus Board of Education, under which, racial discrimination in public schools is the violation of the rights of minority group children to have equal educational opportunities. He also highlights the contribution of this case in the fight against American apartheid.