By john powell (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) There are many ways to think about the importance of the UN WCAR and the impact it will have on the United States and the world. To make a clear assessment of the conference will take time. It will also depend on the work we do and events that unfold. Although the WCAR was preceded by 50 years of UN activity on … [Read more...] about “Post-Durban Implications for the US Civil Rights Agenda” by john powell (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
Symposium Responses
“Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye: Durban and Beyond” by Wade Henderson (January-February P&R Issue)
By Wade Henderson (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) It’s been only a few months since the tragedy of September 11, but it’s already cliché to suggest to those of us who live in this country how deeply the events of that day have affected our lives and seared our psyches. We know firsthand that the magnitude of loss is a grievous blow, both in lost lives and lost … [Read more...] about “Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye: Durban and Beyond” by Wade Henderson (January-February P&R Issue)
“Socioeconomic School Integration – A Reply to the Responses” by Richard D. Kahlenberg (November-December 2001 P&R Issue)
By Richard D. Kahlenberg (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The responses to my article, “Socioeconomic School Integration,” make a number of important points that are themselves deserving of a reply. I group my comments around six themes. 1. Using Race in K-12 School Integration vs. Higher Education Affirmative Action. In the context of K-12 schooling, I … [Read more...] about “Socioeconomic School Integration – A Reply to the Responses” by Richard D. Kahlenberg (November-December 2001 P&R Issue)
A Response
After reading Kahlenberg and Orfield., my reaction is: you are both right! 1-Clearly, school racial integration is being undercut by judicial decisions. The likelihood seems to be that it will largely disappear. It hasn’t worked very effectively, as shown in Gary Orfield’s data on segregation increasing in recent years. We can’t go on as before. 2-Class integration has a … [Read more...] about A Response
A Response
There has been a long and largely unproductive debate in this country about the primacy of racial subordination or class to address our society’s growing inequality. Over the last several years, a growing number of scholars have persuasively demonstrated that these two hierarchical structures in our society are powerfully related, but nonetheless differ. Addressing the problem … [Read more...] about A Response
