An African American scholar and civil rights attorney by the name of Derrick Bell developed an article, “Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism,” to inform the world on how racism will always be here, in America. Bell proved points on how racism is still prominent, just less obvious. The absence of the dreadful “Whites only” signs all throughout town at local restaurants and shops have lead most whites to believe that racism has been erased but it actually just has been covered up. Bell explains that through allegory, fables and dialogues with a fictional black woman named Geneva Crenshaw. Bell blames the slow progression of African Americans in America on racism. Even though racism has slowed down a bit, whites are still somehow finding ways to stay many steps ahead of blacks. America portrays the image as the land of opportunity. More like the land of opportunity for whites, with the exception of a few others. Blacks may have the same opportunities for success, but the road to success is filled with way more obstacles to overcome. Dinesh D’Souza, an Indian-American filmmaker and author, objects Derrick Bell’s point of view on racism. D’Souza’s article, “The End of Racism,” explains how racism is not the cause of the slow progression of African Americans. According to D’Souza, the obstacles blacks face today were created within the African American culture itself. Single parenthood, welfare dependency, drug use and violence would not cease in some black communities even if racism was to end today. These are key factors that lead to civilizational breakdown in the black underclass. D’Souza believes that if blacks can minimize the gap in civilizational development then racism will no longer be an issue and equality will be reached eventually. I agree with some parts of D’Souza’s argument. Particularly when he explains that racism isn’t