Relative to whites, minorities have made impressive gains in education attainment. Why are they still falling behind economically?
Race & Ethnicity
Posted inCivil Rights in America
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?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Indelible Color Line: The Persistence of Housing Discrimination
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.Â
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Affirming Opportunity
How do we reconcile multiracial coalition politics with special opportunities for minorities? In place of racial preferences, we need more imaginative conceptions of talent and merit.
Posted inEducation in America
Affirmative Actions’ California Afterlife
The debate about affirmative action at the University of California isn’t over yet.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Future of Black Representation
Good riddance to racial gerrymandering. The Supreme Court’s ruling against race as the predominant factor in districting is good news for blacks and Democrats.
Posted inEducation in America
Muddy Waters
New data show just how successful affirmative action programs have been at elite colleges and universities. Too bad those data might not have much relevance for the current debate over preferences in higher education.Â
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When Preferences Disappear
Proposition 209 signals the end of gender and racial favoritism in California, but it may also be the beginning of affirmative action by other means.
Posted inLaw and Justice
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 […]
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The Diversity Defense
A pluralist, diverse society doesn’t depend on racial quotas at elite institutions. To pretend otherwise abuses the idea of merit and relies on tortured social science.
