Paul Gewirtz

Choice in the Transition: School Desegregation and the Corrective Ideal

Introduction .................................................. 729 I. The Corrective Conception of Antidiscrimination Law ..... 731 A. Three Approaches to Racial Justice ................... 731 B. The Structure of the Corrective Conception .......... 731 II. The Corrective Conception, School Desegregation, and Freedom of Choice ....................................... 735 A. The Distributive Explanation ......................... 736 B. The Prohibitory Explanation ......................... 738 C. The Corrective Explanation .......................... 739 1. The Concept of Tainted Choice ................... 741 a. Restricted Options ............................ 743 b. Duress ........................................ 744 c. Distorted Attitudes ............................ 745 d. Information and Coordination Problems ....... 748 2. The Remedial Insufficiency of Liberty and the Duty to Integrate ................................. 749 III. Freedom of Choice Today ................................ 755 A. Choice in Order to Avoid Paternalism ................ 756 B. Choice Without Taint ................................ 760 C. Choice as a Means to an Integrated End .............. 761 D. Choice as the Best Means to Achieve Multiple Corrective Goals ..................................... 772 E. Choice as an Interdistrict Remedy .................... 778 IV. Boundaries of the Corrective Conception ................. 782 A. Context: General Empirical Problems ................ 783 B. Time: The Problem of Termination .................. 789 Conclusion .................................................... 798