Title
- Contemporary Issues (Buffalo, N.Y.)
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edited by Francis J. Beckwith and Todd E. JonesPublication Details
BookPrometheus Books1997Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) E185.615 .A592 1997 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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- "Today’s conflicts over racial equality have inspired a debate reminiscent of the turbulent 1960s. Is affirmative action necessary to maintain equal labor practices, school desegregation plans, and broad social standards of racial equality? Does affirmative action or the laws to roll it back run counter to the idea of equality itself? Should race play any role in college admissions, corporate hiring, or the awarding of government contracts?" "Affirmative action cuts across the raw nerves of race, gender, and class - all of which are flash points of social debate and so emotionally charged that they beg for rational discussion and analysis. Affirmative Action: Social Justice or Reverse Discrimination? fills this need by offering fifteen of the finest pieces on affirmative action ever published."–BOOK JACKET
Contents
- Introduction: What Is Affirmative Action and What Is the Controversy About?
- Pt. I. The Public Policy Debate Over Affirmative Action. 1. Taking Affirmative Action Part / Nicholas Lemann. 2. To Fulfill These Rights: Commencement Address at Howard University (June 4, 1965) / Lyndon Baines Johnson. 3. The Sweet Music of Equal Treatment / Ward Connerly. 4. The DeFunis Case: The Right to Go to Law School / Ronald Dworkin. 5. Casualties and More Casualties : Surviving Affirmative Action (More or Less) / Frederick R. Lynch. 6. From Equal Opportunity to "Affirmative Action" / Thomas Sowell. 7. Nihilism in Black America / Cornel West. 8. Affirmative Action: The Price of Preference / Shelby Steele. 9. Reverse Racism, or How the Pot Got to Call the Kettle Black / Stanley Fish. 10. Race- Neutral Programs and the Democratic Coalition / William Julius Wilson
- Pt. II. Philosophical Discussions of Affirmative Action. 11. The Moral Status of Affirmative Action / Louis P. Pojman. 12. A Defense of Programs of Preferential Treatment / Richard Wasserstrom. 13. Is Racial Discrimination Special? / Michael E. Levin. 14. Goals and Quotas in Hiring and Promotion / Tom L. Beauchamp. 15. Justifying Reverse Discrimination in Employment / George Sher
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- 1573921572
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