By S.M. Miller (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) How one evaluates the last four decades largely depends on one’s expectations. My outlook in the ‘60’s was that an untroubled, clear, upward progression to real, full integration of African Americans would not occur. “Cost-free liberalism” was the somewhat caustic term that I applied to the liberal confidence that … [Read more...] about “Unillusioned” by S.M. Miller (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
Symposium Responses
“Education and Incentives to Actualize Integration” by Don DeMarco (January-February P&R Issue)
By Don DeMarco (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The interracial team of Steinhorn and Diggs-Brown tell us that the integration glass is virtually empty. It’s hard to argue against that, except by citing Shaker Heights, Ohio, Oak Park, Illinois, South Orange/Maplewood, New Jersey, Phila–delphia’s West Mt. Airy neighborhood and the few other important exceptions … [Read more...] about “Education and Incentives to Actualize Integration” by Don DeMarco (January-February P&R Issue)
“Do We Still Have a Dream?” by Paul L. Wachtel (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By Paul L. Wachtel (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Steinhorn and Diggs-Brown perform a valuable service in reminding us of how the reality of daily life in America contradicts some of our society’s cherished illusions. But in referring to integration as an illusion there is also a problematic ambiguity that has a potential to impede the very struggle whose … [Read more...] about “Do We Still Have a Dream?” by Paul L. Wachtel (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
“Needed: An Antiwhite Movement” by Noel Ignatiev (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By Noel Ignatiev (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown are right to conclude that integration of black and white must forever remain an illusion. Integration, in the sense they use the term, is incompatible with the existence of white and black as social categories. The society they envision requires not integration of white … [Read more...] about “Needed: An Antiwhite Movement” by Noel Ignatiev (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
“What is the Question: Integration or Defeat of Racism?” by James Early (January-February P&R Issue)
By James Early (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Research, principled discussion and debate about how to address the racial reality of the nation should always be welcomed, as they help focus public attention and politics on what Peter Drucker identifies as “the basic American problem, race relations between white and black.” A fundamental contemporary issue … [Read more...] about “What is the Question: Integration or Defeat of Racism?” by James Early (January-February P&R Issue)
