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Author: Fred L. Pincus
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781588262035
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPincus assesses the nature and scope of "reverse discrimination" in the United States today, exploring what effect affirmative action actually has on white men.
Author: Alan H. Goldman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2015-03-08
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 1400868602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough careful consideration of the mutually plausible yet conflicting arguments on both sides of the issue, Alan Goldman attempts to derive a morally consistent position on the justice (or injustice) of reverse discrimination. From a philosophical framework that appeals to a contractual model of ethics, he develops principles of rights, compensation, and equal opportunity. He then applies these principles to the issue at hand, bringing his conclusions to bear on an evaluation of Affirmative Action programs as they tend to work in practice. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author: Francis Beckwith
Publisher: Contemporary Issues
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains fifteen essays on affirmative action
Author: Valérie Verbist
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781780684581
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReverse Discrimination in the European Union offers an up-to-date standard reference work on reverse discrimination.
Author: Nathan Glazer
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780674007307
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShould government try to remedy persistent racial and ethnic inequalities by establishing and enforcing quotas and other statistical goals? Here is one of the most incisive books ever written on this difficult issue. Nathan Glazer surveys the civil rights tradition in the United States; evaluates public policies in the areas of employment, education, and housing; and questions the judgment and wisdom of their underlying premises--their focus on group rights, rather than individual rights. Such policies, he argues, are ineffective, unnecessary, and politically destructive of harmonious relations among the races. Updated with a long, new introduction by the author, Affirmative Discrimination will enable citizens as well as scholars to better understand and evaluate public policies for achieving social justice in a multiethnic society.
Author: Randall Kennedy
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2015-06-09
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0307949362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe definitive reckoning with one of America’s most explosively contentious and divisive issues—from “one of our most important and perceptive writers on race and the law.... The mere fact that he wrote this book is all the justification necessary for reading it.”—The Washington Post What precisely is affirmative action, and why is it fiercely championed by some and just as fiercely denounced by others? Does it signify a boon or a stigma? Or is it simply reverse discrimination? What are its benefits and costs to American society? What are the exact indicia determining who should or should not be accorded affirmative action? When should affirmative action end, if it must? Randall Kennedy gives us a concise and deeply personal overview of the policy, refusing to shy away from the myriad complexities of an issue that continues to bedevil American race relations.
Author: Robert K. Fullinwider
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2004-07-24
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 0309091268
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany racial and ethnic groups in the United States, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, and others, have historically faced severe discriminationâ€"pervasive and open denial of civil, social, political, educational, and economic opportunities. Today, large differences among racial and ethnic groups continue to exist in employment, income and wealth, housing, education, criminal justice, health, and other areas. While many factors may contribute to such differences, their size and extent suggest that various forms of discriminatory treatment persist in U.S. society and serve to undercut the achievement of equal opportunity. Measuring Racial Discrimination considers the definition of race and racial discrimination, reviews the existing techniques used to measure racial discrimination, and identifies new tools and areas for future research. The book conducts a thorough evaluation of current methodologies for a wide range of circumstances in which racial discrimination may occur, and makes recommendations on how to better assess the presence and effects of discrimination.
Author: Mary E. Williams
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The extend to which discrimination is a national problem, its causes, the validity of claims of reverse discrimination, and ways society can fight to end it are addressed by writers, scholars, and media personalities ... The collection offers an evenhanded overview ... A solid choice for students doing research, preparing for debates, or those simply interested in the many aspects of this complex issue." SLJ.
Author: Adriel A. Hilton
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2021-07-07
Total Pages: 131
ISBN-13: 0761872779
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this sixty-seventh anniversary year of the groundbreaking Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case that outlawed segregation in the nation’s public schools, research reveals that schools have undergone significant re-segregation. The anguish that many of us feel about this incredible failure of public policy underscores the layered aspect of achieving racial equality in America. In Florida, and across the nation, the steps that have been taken to implement affirmative action in higher education have been under constant attack by conservatives, and a series of actions by various state and federal courts have resulted in reduced access and enrollment of students of color in several states. In 1999, Governor Jeb Bush used his authority to redefine affirmative action in his state by issuing an executive order that established the One Florida Initiative (OFI). Bush’s claim that the OFI was intended to increase diversity and opportunities for people of color in Florida’s state university system appears to be contradicted by findings that minority representation actually decreased in most of the state universities after the policy was implemented. Hilton and colleagues provide a cogent analysis of the effects of the OFI on enrollment patterns in the state’s public law schools to help us understand how changes in public policy can have detrimental effects on particular communities. The research is both enriched and complicated by the inclusion of the two law schools: Florida A&M and Florida International Universities, both of which are minority-serving institutions (MSIs). These schools were developed independently of the OFI but had a potential effect on the level of diversity that can be calculated across the system. The use of critical race theory offers an approach that will prove unnerving to some readers, but is one that provided insights that may not have been revealed through a different framework.
