Talking affirmative action : race, opportunity, and everyday ideology

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Talking affirmative action : race, opportunity, and everyday ideology

Helen D. Lipson

Rowman & Littlefield, c2006

  • : pbk
  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780742538009

内容説明

Talking Affirmative Action takes a fresh look at affirmative action from the perspective of young white men on both sides of the issue. Through a nuanced examination of how advocates' and opponents' viewpoints overlap and diverge, Lipson links the controversy over affirmative action to perennial tensions between competing models of individualism, and of communitarian accountability, at the core of America's "traditional values." The book concludes with some provocative commentary on the future of affirmative action in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2003 decisions in favor of "holistic assessment."

目次

Chapter 1 Introduction ~ public policy, public opinion, and everyday ideology ~ higher education and the allocation of opportunities ~ legislation, legal decisions, and present-day policy options Chapter 2 The Right Stuff: Merit and Diversity ~ talent, effort, just deserts, and the collective benefits of merit-based admissions ~ grades, test scores, and alternate measures ~ the benefits of professional-managerial diversity Chapter 3 Vicious Cycles: Race, Class, Discrimination, Dysfunction, and Other Explanations for Inequality ~ the persistence of everyday racism linstitutional racism in the workplace and the public schools ~ racism on campus ~ the culture of poverty ~ discrimi Chapter 4 Enough is Enough: Targeting Affirmative Action on the Basis of Age, Ethnicity, Educational Level, and Socioeconomic Background ~ comparing the American experience of blacks, Latinos, Asians, and "white ethnics" ~ race and class ~ the advantages of y Chapter 5 White Men's Burdens: Allocating Affirmative Action's Costs ~ What is college for? ~ costs and benefits of race-specific organizations or programming ~ allocating the burden of advancing racial equity among minority communities, white-majority instit Chapter 6 Taking Stock: Everyday Ideology and Affirmative Action's Future ~ policy preferences, racism, and "traditional values" ~ race, class, and test scores ~ the trouble with percentage plans ~ the trouble with Gratz, Grutter, and holistic assessment ~ im
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780742538016

内容説明

Talking Affirmative Action takes a fresh look at race-conscious admissions policies, offering an exceptionally vivid, grass-roots rendering of how whites on both sides of the issue come to terms with the ethical and political dilemmas these policies pose, especially in the context of high-stakes competitions for places in graduate professional schools. The book is based on in-depth interviews of undergraduate men attending an inner-city, public university that has always drawn an especially diverse mix of students with respect to economic background as well as race and ethnicity. Those men's arguments for and against quotas and targets, expanded criteria, and 'prime-the-pump' programming or outreach are explored in relation to several larger questions: What precisely do we mean by 'merit,' and what's the best way to measure it? Just how important, really, is ethnic diversity, either in the classroom or among top-level professionals and executives? How distinctive is the history of discrimination against blacks and Latinos, and to what extent can this explain present-day inequalities? How much equality of opportunity is enough, and how far must white America go to ensure it? In a nuanced analysis of how advocates' and opponents' perspectives on these issues diverge and overlap, the author challenges the widespread assumption that opposition to race-conscious policies is simply an expression of racism-as well as the allegation that champions of these and other liberal policies have simply forsworn 'traditional values.' Resistance, endorsement, and ambivalence are traced instead to the paradoxical dictates of a common ethos, with respect to both individual autonomy and communal accountability. The book concludes with some provocative commentary on the future of affirmative action in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2003 decisions in favor of 'holistic assessment.'

目次

Chapter 1 Introduction ~ public policy, public opinion, and everyday ideology ~ higher education and the allocation of opportunities ~ legislation, legal decisions, and present-day policy options Chapter 2 The Right Stuff: Merit and Diversity ~ talent, effort, just deserts, and the collective benefits of merit-based admissions ~ grades, test scores, and alternate measures ~ the benefits of professional-managerial diversity Chapter 3 Vicious Cycles: Race, Class, Discrimination, Dysfunction, and Other Explanations for Inequality ~ the persistence of everyday racism linstitutional racism in the workplace and the public schools ~ racism on campus ~ the culture of poverty ~ discrimi Chapter 4 Enough is Enough: Targeting Affirmative Action on the Basis of Age, Ethnicity, Educational Level, and Socioeconomic Background ~ comparing the American experience of blacks, Latinos, Asians, and "white ethnics" ~ race and class ~ the advantages of y Chapter 5 White Men's Burdens: Allocating Affirmative Action's Costs ~ What is college for? ~ costs and benefits of race-specific organizations or programming ~ allocating the burden of advancing racial equity among minority communities, white-majority instit Chapter 6 Taking Stock: Everyday Ideology and Affirmative Action's Future ~ policy preferences, racism, and "traditional values" ~ race, class, and test scores ~ the trouble with percentage plans ~ the trouble with Gratz, Grutter, and holistic assessment ~ im

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