Affirmative action, as we have known it, is probably dead. Good riddance. For the past quarter of a century, many blacks have looked to affirmative action, despite its shortcomings, as a symbol of America's longdenied promise of racial equality. But its original purpose, as a means to help compensate African-Americans for slavery and its racist legacy, has long since been … [Read more...] about Affirmative Action, R.I.P.
affirmative action
“Affirmative Action, by Another Name” by Steven A. Holmes (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
By Steven A. Holmes (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) "Simply telling a defendant to go forth and sin no more does little or nothing to address the unfair advantage it has already gained," Judge Sporkin said recently, in declaring that the settlement did little to help Microsoft's competitors catch up. They had been the victims of what the Justice Department said … [Read more...] about “Affirmative Action, by Another Name” by Steven A. Holmes (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
“The Presumption of Stupidity: Affirmative Action, Occupational Apartheid” by Brent Staples (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
By Brent Staples (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) .... It is absurd to argue, as many critics do, that affirmative action has placed African-Americans under suspicion of incompetence, by propelling them into positions they do not rightly deserve. Bred into this country's bones, the presumption that blacks are inherently less "qualified" would be a driving force … [Read more...] about “The Presumption of Stupidity: Affirmative Action, Occupational Apartheid” by Brent Staples (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
“Scapegoating” by Maxine Waters (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
By Maxine Waters (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) ...This [California anti-affirmative action] initiative is a product of a climate that has nothing to do with affirmative action per se. Unemployment is still high in California. Many manufacturing jobs have fled to Third World countries in search of cheap labor. We've been buffeted by fires and floods and … [Read more...] about “Scapegoating” by Maxine Waters (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
“Affirmative Action: The Army’s Success…” by Charles Moskos (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
By Charles Moskos (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) ... There is an institution where affirmative action works and works well-the U.S. Army. Not that the Army is a racial Utopia by any means. But nowhere else in American society has racial integration gone as far or has black achievement been so pronounced. Indeed, the Army is the only institution in America … [Read more...] about “Affirmative Action: The Army’s Success…” by Charles Moskos (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
