Affirmative Action is Dead: Long Live Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action is Dead: Long Live Affirmative Action
ISBN-10
0300101295
ISBN-13
9780300101294
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2004-01-01
Publisher
Yale University Press
Author
Faye J. Crosby

Description

"This book answers this important question. It examines explanations put forth by social scientists, finding various degrees of truth in most of them. Some situate the problem in the policy itself, suggesting that affirmative action functions as a governmentally sanctioned form of reverse racism or sexism, or that is is ineffective or socially disruptive. Such explanations may sound plausible, but they are incorrect. Other explanations locate the problem in the people who react to the policy, citing studies that document the links between ignorance, prejudice, and opposition to affirmative action. Yet even well-informed egalitarian people sometimes oppose affirmative action.".

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