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Naked Racial Preference

Author : Carl Cohen
Publisher : Madison Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1995-09-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461704218

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From landmark court cases on affirmative action to their consequences, a study on why such preferences are morally wrong, unlawful, and indefensible.

Ending Racial Preferences

Author : Carol M. Allen
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780739138298

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In 2006, Michigan voters banned affirmative action preferences in public contracting, education, and employment. The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI) vote was preceded by years of campaigning, legal maneuvers, media coverage, and public debate. Ending Racial Preferences: The Michigan Story relates what happened from the vantage point of Toward A Fair Michigan (TAFM), a nonprofit organization that provided a civic forum for the discussion of preferences. The book offers a timely 'inside look' into how TAFM fostered dialogue by emphasizing education over indoctrination, reason over rhetoric, and civil debate over protest. Ending Racial Preferences opens with a review of the campaigns for and against similar initiatives in California, Florida, Washington, and the city of Houston. The book then delivers an in-depth historical account of the MCRIDfrom its inception in 2003 through the first year following its passage in 2006. Readers are invited to decide for themselves whether affirmative action preferences are good for America. Carol M. Allen reproduces the remarks delivered at a TAFM debate, along with a compilation of pro and con responses by 14 experts to 50 questions about preferences. This book will be of interest to those working in the fields of public policy and state politics.

Citizen Democracy

Author : Stephen E. Frantzich
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780742564459

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Through a series of carefully chosen vignettes, Stephen E. Frantzich portrays citizens from every walk of life-rich and poor, old and young, black and white, male and female, left and right, famous and obscure engaged in extraordinary civic activity. Their causes run the gamut from civil rights to flag burning, from the Internet to the environment-but their common cause is the fact that they creatively entered the arena of national public policy making and made a difference.

A Conflict of Principles

Author : Carl Cohen
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780700619962

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"No state . . . shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." So says the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, a document held dear by Carl Cohen, a professor of philosophy and longtime champion of civil liberties who has devoted most of his adult life to the University of Michigan. So when Cohen discovered, after encountering some resistance, how his school, in its admirable wish to increase minority enrollment, was actually practicing a form of racial discrimination—calling it "affirmative action"—he found himself at odds with his longtime allies and colleagues in an effort to defend the equal treatment of the races at his university. In A Conflict of Principles Cohen tells the story of what happened at Michigan, how racial preferences were devised and implemented there, and what was at stake in the heated and divisive controversy that ensued. He gives voice to the judicious and seldom heard liberal argument against affirmative action in college admission policies. In the early 1970s, as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union, Cohen vigorously supported programs devised to encourage the recruitment of minorities in colleges, and in private employment. But some of these efforts gave deliberate preference to blacks and Hispanics seeking university admission, and this Cohen recognized as a form of racism, however well-meaning. In his book he recounts the fortunes of contested affirmative action programs as they made their way through the legal system to the Supreme Court, beginning with DeFunis v. Odegaard (1974) at the University of Washington Law School, then Bakke v. Regents of the University of California (1978) at the Medical School on the UC Davis campus, and culminating at the University of Michigan in the landmark cases of Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger (2003). He recounts his role in the initiation of the Michigan cases, explaining the many arguments against racial preferences in college admissions. He presents a principled case for the resultant amendment to the Michigan constitution, of which he was a prominent advocate, which prohibited preference by race in public employment and public contracting, as well as in public education. An eminently readable personal, consistently fair-minded account of the principles and politics that come into play in the struggles over affirmative action, A Conflict of Principles is a deeply thoughtful and thought-provoking contribution to our national conversation about race.

New Right, New Racism

Author : Amy Elizabeth Ansell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349139279

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New Right, New Racism is a comparative analysis of the role of racialized symbols in the right turn of US and British politics in the late 1970s through to today. The author argues that the symbol of race has been central to the New Right's project to redefine the cultural codes and broader social imaginary upon which the consensus politics of the post-war years was built. In the process of mobilizing race as an ideological articulator of the exit from consensus politics, the New Right has promoted a new form of racism qualitatively distinct from more traditional forms.

Equal Opportunity Act of 1995

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Affirmative action programs
ISBN : UCR:31210010771366

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Patent and Trademark Office Government Corporation

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Corporations, Government
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062084749

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Patent and Trademark Office Government Corporation by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property Pdf

The Next Twenty-five Years

Author : David Lee Featherman,Martin Hall,Marvin Krislov
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780472033775

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A must-read for anyone who cares about the future of higher education in diverse democracies

The The Ironies of Affirmative Action

Author : John D. Skrentny
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226216423

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Affirmative action has been fiercely debated for more than a quarter of a century, producing much partisan literature, but little serious scholarship and almost nothing on its cultural and political origins. The Ironies of Affirmative Action is the first book-length, comprehensive, historical account of the development of affirmative action. Analyzing both the resistance from the Right and the support from the Left, Skrentny brings to light the unique moral culture that has shaped the affirmative action debate, allowing for starkly different policies for different citizens. He also shows, through an analysis of historical documents and court rulings, the complex and intriguing political circumstances which gave rise to these controversial policies. By exploring the mystery of how it took less than five years for a color-blind policy to give way to one that explicitly took race into account, Skrentny uncovers and explains surprising ironies: that affirmative action was largely created by white males and initially championed during the Nixon administration; that many civil rights leaders at first avoided advocacy of racial preferences; and that though originally a political taboo, almost no one resisted affirmative action. With its focus on the historical and cultural context of policy elites, The Ironies of Affirmative Action challenges dominant views of policymaking and politics.

The Myth of Affirmative Action

Author : Rudolph Alexander Jr.
Publisher : Ethics International Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781804410936

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The Myth of Affirmative Action by Rudolph Alexander Jr. Pdf

Many White people, and some conservative Black people, believe that affirmative action programs are unfairly depriving more deserving Whites of jobs and education opportunities. The author argues that is a myth. For example, University admissions data demonstrates that, despite affirmative action rhetoric, there remains systemic bias against Black students. Sociological data on criminal record, race, and employment, found that White people with a criminal record had a better chance of getting a call back, than Black people without one. Renowned Professor of Social Work Dr Rudolph Alexander Jr. analyses many examples which demonstrate that the claim that affirmative action programs have led to unfair discrimination against White people of equal ability, is a myth. Though not always comfortable reading, the book is an important addition to the literature on equality, diversity, and critical race theory.

Race and Ethnicity: The Key Concepts

Author : Amy Ansell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134304752

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Exploring race and ethnicity within its historical and intellectual context, this much needed guide focuses on conceptual areas of classical and contemporary theories of race and ethnicity; the body as an object of racial discourse and biological approaches to the question of race.

Race and Ethnicity: The Key Concepts

Author : Amy Ansell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134304745

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Situating the study of race and ethnicity within its historical and intellectual context, this much needed guide exposes students to the broad diversity of scholarship within the field. It provides a clear and succinct explanation of more than 70 key terms, their conceptual evolution over time, and the differing ways in which the concepts are deployed or remain pertinent in current debates. Concepts covered include: apartheid colonialism constructivism critical race theory eugenics hybridity Islamophobia new/modern racism reparations transnationalism. Fully cross-referenced and with suggestions for further reading, Race and Ethnicity: The Key Concepts is an ideal resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of race, ethnicity, and nationalism. It will also be of great interest for those studying sociology, anthropology, politics, and cultural studies.

Affirmative Action, Ethnicity and Conflict

Author : Edmund Terence Gomez,Ralph Premdas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136157189

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In recent years a number of countries have introduced affirmative action programmes in order to put right historical injustices and economic inequalities involving ethnic communities. This book examines affirmative action programmes in a range of countries around the world. It discusses how such programmes came about and how they have been implemented, and examines their effectiveness. Throughout it explores how far affirmative action programmes reinforce ethnic identities and thereby contribute to division and conflict. The countries covered are India, the United States, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Brazil, Malaysia and Fiji.

The Imperative of Integration

Author : Elizabeth Anderson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691158112

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A powerful new argument for reviving the ideal of racial integration More than forty years have passed since Congress, in response to the Civil Rights Movement, enacted sweeping antidiscrimination laws in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. As a signal achievement of that legacy, in 2008, Americans elected their first African American president. Some would argue that we have finally arrived at a postracial America, but The Imperative of Integration indicates otherwise. Elizabeth Anderson demonstrates that, despite progress toward racial equality, African Americans remain disadvantaged on virtually all measures of well-being. Segregation remains a key cause of these problems, and Anderson skillfully shows why racial integration is needed to address these issues. Weaving together extensive social science findings—in economics, sociology, and psychology—with political theory, this book provides a compelling argument for reviving the ideal of racial integration to overcome injustice and inequality, and to build a better democracy. Considering the effects of segregation and integration across multiple social arenas, Anderson exposes the deficiencies of racial views on both the right and the left. She reveals the limitations of conservative explanations for black disadvantage in terms of cultural pathology within the black community and explains why color blindness is morally misguided. Multicultural celebrations of group differences are also not enough to solve our racial problems. Anderson provides a distinctive rationale for affirmative action as a tool for promoting integration, and explores how integration can be practiced beyond affirmative action. Offering an expansive model for practicing political philosophy in close collaboration with the social sciences, this book is a trenchant examination of how racial integration can lead to a more robust and responsive democracy.

U.S. Latino Issues

Author : Rodolfo F. Acuña Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313088612

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U.S. Latino Issues by Rodolfo F. Acuña Ph.D. Pdf

Does the term Latino—a construct of the U.S. government—successfully encompass the wide variety of Spanish-speaking people in this country? This introductory topic begins an overview of 10 major controversies that have embroiled U.S. Latinos, including Puerto Ricans, in recent years. Latinos have one of the fastest-growing populations in the United States today, making these issues front-page news across the country. Issues include: • Race Classification • Assimilation • Bilingual Education • Open Borders • Affirmative Action • Interracial Dating and Marriage • Funding Education and Health Care for Undocumented Immigrant • Amnesty Program • U.S. Military and Political Presence in Cuba • U.S. Military Bases in Puerto Rico Each topic is presented with a background, pro and con positions, and questions for the purpose of student debate and papers.