Overt racism and active discrimination have decreased significantly over the last 30 years. So how come acute urban segregation persists? We need to look at our mortgage and insurance practices.
Civil Rights in America
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Uneasy Preferences
What will become of our ideal of truly equal opportunity if black progress remains chronically dependent on programs of racial categories and quotas?
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Distancing Dad
“Would you tell your wife to pack your son an extra pair of shoes tomorrow?”
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Cracking Open the IQ Box
The Bell Curve has given genetic determinism new currency, but the science on which it rests is even less persuasive today than it was a century ago.
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Orphans of Separatism: The Painful Politics of Transracial Adoption
Liberals’ misguided efforts to respect race may harm children — and deepen racial intolerance.
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The Gender Gap Mystique
Women are newly influential in politics, but those who court the gender gap on the cheap will not succeed. Women’s interests, issues, and voting preferences are every bit as complex as men’s — and demand equal respect.
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The New Immigration and the Old Civil Rights
The new immigration infuses America with new minority groups. This spells trouble for the old strategies of black uplift. New coalitions will require new concepts of disadvantage, affirmative action, and desert.
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Talking Past Each Other: Black and White Languages of Race
Blacks and whites do not just disagree about the prevalence of racism; they have different understandings of what racism is. Bridging the gap requires a new look at the language of race and ethnicity in America.
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A Lost Political Generation?
Meet the twenty-something generation: socially idealistic, politically cynical, economically worried, and longing for a leader worthy of respect.
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Diversity at Berkeley: Demagoguery or Demography?
The case for Cal’s admissions policy, designed to mirror the state’s population.
