(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Part One School segregation by race is extreme and increasing, despite the 1954 Brown decision. And, for many known reasons, these racial patterns clearly disadvantage blacks, Latinos, and other racial minorities. Today's courts are hostile to racially-based remedies and there is considerable resistance among the majority white … [Read more...] about “Symposium: Socioeconomic School Integration” (September-October 2001 P&R Issue)
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Symposium: Is Integration Possible? (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) A discussion of whether integration is really possible in the United States. Part One This arguably is the biggest dilemma facing America's democracy. Recently, Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown, professors at American University's School of Communication - one African-American, one white, believing that "integration is … [Read more...] about Symposium: Is Integration Possible? (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
Symposium: President Clinton’s Race Initiative Part Four – DEAD END (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) A continuation of commentaries on the report from the Advisory Board to President Clinton\'s Race Initiative.January/February 1999 issue of Poverty & Race View Part One of this Symposium View Part Two of this Symposium View Part Three of this Symposium This is Round 2 of the symposium we began in the Nov/Dec 1998 … [Read more...] about Symposium: President Clinton’s Race Initiative Part Four – DEAD END (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
Symposium: Is Racial Integration Essential to Achieving Quality Education for Low-Income Minority Students, In the Short Term? In the Long Term? (July-August 1996 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) A discussion about this important question. Part One We asked a number of education reform activists to respond to this important question. Below are contributions from Elaine Gantz Berman, Phyllis Hart/Joyce Germaine Watts, Lyman Ho and Kati Haycock. We welcome others' views and will consider extending this symposium in a … [Read more...] about Symposium: Is Racial Integration Essential to Achieving Quality Education for Low-Income Minority Students, In the Short Term? In the Long Term? (July-August 1996 P&R Issue)
Symposium: Environmental Justice
The May/June P&R contained case-studies, written by activists - from Michigan, Louisiana, New York and California - illustrating successful use of demographic data in community environmental struggles. The two articles below, by academics working in this area, provide a more general discussion of the issue. July/August 1996 issue of Poverty & Race The May/June … [Read more...] about Symposium: Environmental Justice