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Q&A: Revisiting Race-Neutral Politics

The sociologist and scholar William Julius Wilson revises his stance on whether Democrats should put race on the agenda.

The American ProspectMar 09, 2011
William Julius Wilson

In 1990, sociologist William Julius Wilson wrote a provocative article for this magazine, "Race-Neutral Politics and the Democratic Coalition," arguing that Democrats should de-emphasize race-specific policies like affirmative action in favor of race-neutral policies that disproportionately serve minorities (who are disproportionately poor) as a strategy of expanding the Democratic base. The article was a flash point in a then-roiling debate not only about identity politics within the Democratic Party but about the country's willingness to continue activist policies to achieve racial equity.

Issuu Version Of Freshman

The American ProspectJun 17, 2009


JUNE 2009: FRESHMAN ORIENTATION

Towards an Economics of Shared Prosperity

A manifesto on long-term economic recovery from the Thinking Big, Thinking Forward conference.

The American ProspectFeb 09, 2009

America faces a daunting challenge. Even as we dig our way out of the worst economic implosion since the Great Depression, we must construct the foundations of a new economy, one that extends opportunity to "every willing heart," and provides basic security – a job with a decent wage, affordable health care, a quality education, dignity in retirement – for every working family.

Editors' Note

The American ProspectJun 29, 2004

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Veep Thoughts

The American ProspectMar 05, 2004

The person for the job: Someone who appeals to workaday voters

The election will be won or lost in the swing industrial states of
the Midwest--Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin, and also Pennsylvania. If
Dems have a shot at other job-losing states, like the Carolinas, it
will also be because the ticket has credibility with workaday voters.
Good candidates: Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin.
Also John Edwards -- but only if polls show that he really pulls with
working-class voters better than he did in most primaries. Totally
Wall Street and totally wrong: Bob Rubin.

-- Bob Kuttner

John Edwards: Cute kids and youthful energy