The Promise We Broke: Racism, Power, and the Cost of America's Unfinished Ideals - Hardcover

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Every morning, millions of Americans stand, place their hands over their hearts, and recite the same promise: One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The words are simple. The reality is not. What happens when a nation continues to repeat a promise it has never fully kept? In this bold and unflinching work, Brandy H. Williams challenges the stories we tell ourselves about progress, merit, and equality-and exposes how systems of racism are not relics of the past, but active forces shaping everyday life. From classrooms to courtrooms, from housing to hiring, this book reveals a truth many would rather avoid: Inequality is not accidental. It is constructed. It is maintained. And it is normalized. This is not a book about what we already know. It is a book about what we continue to ignore. And it asks a question that cannot be answered with silence: If the promise still matters- what are we willing to do to make it real?

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