Is Integration Possible? Of Course...

“Is Integration Possible? Of Course…” by Florence Wagman Roisman (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)

February 1, 2000 by

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)

Symposium: Is Integration Possible? (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)

December 1, 1999 by

(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)

The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) is a civil rights law and policy organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to promote research-based advocacy strategies to address structural inequality and disrupt the systems that disadvantage low-income people of color. PRRAC was founded in 1989, through an initiative of major civil rights, civil liberties, and anti-poverty groups seeking to connect advocates with social scientists working at the intersection of race and poverty…Read More

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