Bell believes that racism will never end and that it actually serves a useful action in society. Utility of racism keeps the categories of people broad and the divisions clear. He presents the concept of "racial realism" which would force society out of denial and make them realize their own racial preferences. Bell believes that we can use these racisms against themselves in order to better society and that mere changes in the justice system are not enough. He focuses more on the struggle rather than the end. Contrary to Bell, King believes that racism will have an end and it is based in equal and deserved justice as stated in the Declaration of Independence. He believes in a day when all will be equal and uses America's own laws to support his argument.
             We live in a country today misrepresented by its own people's' perception. The consensus that we live in the greatest nation in the world is not so much a feeling of nationalism as it is a forgone conclusion in the minds of millions of Americans. What a great many of these millions do not realize is that they are the victims of a government set up by our founding fathers to uphold a class system based on a very uneven distribution of wealth. As the old saying goes, you need money to make money, and this is never more true than it is in the United States, the land where the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. This is Bell's most central idea; his concept of racial nepotism and economic struggle. "[...] [U]nderstanding the true nature of racism would equip us to weather it myriad harms."(Bell 92) The sole problem with racial discrimination is race preference and not hatred. Socioeconomic factors will perpetuate racism. "Ideals must not be allowed to obscure the black's real position in the socioeconomic realm, which happens to be the real indicator of power in this country."(Bell 98) According to Bell the white man will ne...