(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Richard Rothstein writes about the causes of educational disparities between poor and minority students compared to the white middle- and upper-class students. A selection of commentaries follow. Almost everyone, Right as well as Left, recognizes the great disparities that currently exist between the education generally … [Read more...] about “Symposium: Schools and the Achievement Gap” (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)
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“WCAR’s Challenge to the Anti-Racist Left” by Eric Mann (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
By Eric Mann (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The World Conference Against Racism was a dress rehearsal for a weak anti-racist movement trying to confront the most powerful common enemy—the U.S. government, the most advanced capitalist state in its imperialist phase, the primary source of racism and national oppression in the world. The U.S. makes a principle of … [Read more...] about “WCAR’s Challenge to the Anti-Racist Left” by Eric Mann (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)