By John O. Calmore (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) While I think integration is possible, I nevertheless agree with Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown that “what it takes even to break the integration ice in our country is largely unpalatable to most of our citizens.” They make an important point in observing that “our professed attitudes, symbols, and … [Read more...] about “Viable Integration Must Reject the Ideology of ‘Assimilationism'” by John O. Calmore (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
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“Racism Has Its Privileges” by Roger Wilkins (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
By Roger Wilkins (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) ...Affirmative action, as I understand it, was not designed to punish anyone; it was, rather-as a result of a clear-eyed look at how America actually works-an attempt to enlarge opportunity for everybody. As amply documented in the 1968 Kerner Commission report on racial disorders, when left to their own devices, … [Read more...] about “Racism Has Its Privileges” by Roger Wilkins (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
