The affirmative action debate / edited by George E. Curry ; with contributions by Cornel West [and others].

Other author Curry, George E.
Other author West, Cornel.
Format Book
Publication InfoReading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, [1996]
Descriptionxv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subjects

Contents 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 form 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 Court's 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, & Helen Norton -- Invisible Latinos : excluded from discussions of inclusion / Harry P. Pachon -- Beyond the model minority myth / Theodore Hsien Wang & 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, don't 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 337-342) and index.
LCCN 96013504
ISBN020147963X

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HF5549.5.A34 A4628 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold