By Frank H. Wu (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Of all the prophecies for the new millennium, demographic predictions will come true the earliest. Within the foreseeable future, our society will make a transition that has never before and nowhere else occurred peacefully, much less successfully: we will cease to have a single identifiable racial majority and … [Read more...] about “We Aspire to Integration and Practice Pluralism” by Frank H. Wu (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
Symposium Responses
“Progress in Integration HAS Been Made” by George C. Galster (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By George C. Galster (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Professors Steinhorn and Diggs-Brown analyze contemporary American racial attitudes, behaviors, symbols and politics and come to the pessimistic conclusion that black-white integration is impossible during our lifetimes. There is no doubt that the challenges of moving toward a racially integrated society are … [Read more...] about “Progress in Integration HAS Been Made” by George C. Galster (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
“Half Full? Half Empty?” by James W. Loewen (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By James W. Loewen (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) We all stare at the half-full glass of integration and racial justice. We all wish it were full. Steinhorn and Diggs-Brown and some others emphasize the empty top half, singling out neighborhoods and schools that have resegregated and stressing that white ethnic groups — “the Italian, Jews, Poles, and Russians” … [Read more...] about “Half Full? Half Empty?” by James W. Loewen (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
“Is Integration Possible? Of Course…” by Florence Wagman Roisman (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By Florence Wagman Roisman (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Not only possible, but absolutely essential. Here are the “top 6” reasons for acknowledging that we cannot do without “racial” integration – and rejecting its opposite, segregation: 1. Racial segregation is inconsistent with civil democracy. The polity to which we aspire is premised on the equal … [Read more...] about “Is Integration Possible? Of Course…” by Florence Wagman Roisman (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
“The Gautreaux Experience” by James E. Rosenbaum (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By James E. Rosenbaum (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) I am puzzled by those who focus on white attitudes as the lever for changing black disadvantage. Attitudes are a particularly ineffective lever for change. We don’t know how to change people’s attitudes, and attitude change doesn’t always change material circumstances. However, sometimes we manage to change … [Read more...] about “The Gautreaux Experience” by James E. Rosenbaum (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
