affirmative action
Affirmative Action at Berkeley
We continue the debate on affirmative action in response to Karen Paget’s “Diversity at Berkeley: Demogoguery or Demography” (TAP, Spring 1992) and Paul Starr’s “Civil Reconstruction: What to Do Without Affirmative Action” (TAP, Winter 1992) ADMISSIONS OMISSIONS BY LEWIS R. JONES T he University of California at Berkeley is one of the most selective large […]
Affirmative Actions’ California Afterlife
The debate about affirmative action at the University of California isn’t over yet.
Color-Blind Affirmative Action
If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, is social science the last resort of a losing cause? We may not know the answer for some time, but there’s no question that some of the heaviest hitters in the fight to preserve race preferences in college admissions are now desperately trying to convert the […]
Race, Liberalism, Affirmative Action (III)
We continue the debate on the future of affirmative action in response to Paul Starr’s “Civil Reconstruction: What to Do Without Affirmative Action,” TAP, No.9. Winter 1992. D iscussion of the candidacies of Pat Buchanan and David Duke, even of the Los Angeles riots, have faded. But they should remain troubling. They are part of […]
