The affirmative action debate
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The affirmative action debate
Perseus Books, 1996
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Bibliography: p. 337-342
Includes index
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Description
The Affirmative Action Debate collects the leading voices on all sides of this crucial dialogue. A provocative range of politicians, researchers, legal experts, and businesspeople dispute the best way to fight discrimination. Their essays explore such questions as, How did affirmative-action policies come to be? Who benefits most from them, and who suffers? How do these programs work in hiring, contracting, college admissions, and other fields? What will recent Supreme Court rulings and legislative initiatives mean? And, most fundamentally, does any race-conscious remedy simply perpetuate discrimination? Recognizing affirmative action as more than a black-and-white issue, this book includes the voices of women, Latinos, and Asian-Americans who are also affected but often ignored. A sourcebook of solid facts and surprising arguments, The Affirmative Action Debate is the one book you need to understand and discuss the nation's sharpest political divide.
Table of Contents
* Introduction * Staying on the Path to Racial Equality Manning Marable * To Fulfill These Rights Lyndon B. Johnson * A Personal Footnote in History Arthur A. Fletcher * Affirmative Action in Context Cornel West * Affirmative Action in the Workplace Eleanor Holmes Norton * Performing Without a Net Glenn C. Loury * Diversity in Corporate America A. Barry Rand * Who Has Benefited from Affirmative Action in Employment? Heidi Hartmann * The Business of Affirmative Action Anthony W. Robinson * Personal Responsibility Robert L. Woodson Sr. * Why America Needs Set-Aside Programs Kweisi Mfume * An Experiment Gone Awry William Bradford Reynolds * Standing in the Right Place Deval L. Patrick * Race and the Supreme Courts 1994-95 Term Elaine R. Jones * The Supreme Court Ruled Correctly in Adarand Todd S. Welch * The Minority-Majority Society Pete Wilson * Why Women Need Affirmative Action Judy L. Lichtman, Jocelyn C. Frye, and Helen Norton * Invisible Latinos: Excluded from Discussions of Inclusion Harry P. Pachon * Beyond the Model Minority Myth Theodore Hsien Wang and Frank H. Wu * Sitting In for Diversity Victoria Valle * The Color Line and the Thin Blue Line Wade Henderson * Affirmative Action in the Army: Why It Works Charles Moskos * Tracing the Politics of Affirmative Action Linda Faye Williams * Mend It, Dont End It Bill Clinton * The Meaning of American Equality Charles T. Canady * Race-Baiting and the 1996 Presidential Campaign Jesse L. Jackson Sr. * Affirmative Action: Why We Need It, Why It Is Under Attack Mary Frances Berry * Promoting Racial Harmony Linda Chavez * The Future of Affirmative Action Louis Harris
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