Identity and the Failure of AmericaFrom Thomas Jefferson to John Rawls, justice has been at the center of Americas self image and national creed. At the same time, for many of its peoples from African slaves and European immigrants to women and the poor the American experience has been defined by injustice: oppression, disenfranchisement, violence, and prejudice. In Identity and the Failure of America, John Michael explores the contradictions between a mythic national identity