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Synopsis
In this provocative and paradigm-shifting book, Richard D. Kahlenberg argues that affirmative action programs ought to be based not on race but on class. America's exclusive focus on race in determining how to allocate economic and educational opportunities has served only to undermine the moral legitimacy of affirmative action, the results clearly visible in the growing public sentiment to abolish such programs.Kahlenberg shows that it is time to return to affirmative action's roots, so that it works to the benefit of the truly disadvantaged, regardless of race. In a sweeping and damning analysis, Kahlenberg examines how the rationale for affirmative action has moved inexorably away from its original commitment to remedy past discrimination and instead has become a means to achieve racial diversity, even if that means giving preference to upper-middle-class blacks over poor whites. He outlines how a class-based system of affirmative action would work, why all Americans should embrace it, and how the African-American community in particular would continue to reap the benefits it needs without engendering resentment among whites.
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When affirmative action emerged in the 1960s, it was part of a larger quest to achieve real equal opportunity and integration throughout American society. According to Center for National Policy fellow Richard D. Kahlenberg, the original purpose of affirmative action changed during the 1970s, from "racial preferences as a temporary bridge to color-blindness" to "racial preferences as a permanent way of life." Kahlenberg is one of a growing number of observers who believe that affirmative action should be based on economic need rather than race. In this carefully argued book, he looks at the current state of affirmative action and explores the implications of his proposal for race and economic relations in the United States.
About the Author
Richard D. Kahlenberg is a Fellow at the Center for National Policy.
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- PublisherBasic Books
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0465098231
- ISBN 13 9780465098231
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages368
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