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From Foreclosure to Fair Lending: Advocacy, Organizing, Occupy, and the Pursuit of Equitable Credit (Edited by Chester Hartman & Gregory D. Squires, October 2013)

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Contributing Authors Shanti Abedin, Katrin B. Anacker, David Berenbaum, Saqib Bhatti, Janis Bowdler, James H. Carr, Peter Dreier, Katrina S. Forrest, José A. Garcia, George Goehl, Debby Goldberg, Chester Hartman, Sandra Hinson, Donald L. Kahl, Stephen Lerner, Mike Miller, john a. powell, John P. Relman, Lisa Rice, Robert G. Schwemm, M William Sermons, Shanna L. Smith, Gregory … [Read more...] about From Foreclosure to Fair Lending: Advocacy, Organizing, Occupy, and the Pursuit of Equitable Credit (Edited by Chester Hartman & Gregory D. Squires, October 2013)

“‘Minority’ is a Problem Concept” by john a. powell (May-June 2008 P&R Issue)

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By john a powell (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The New America Media poll on racial and ethnic attitudes between Blacks, Hispanics and Asian Americans is both very important and subject to many of the limitations that we have experienced in the past when striving to talk openly about the attitudes and positions of different racial and ethnic groups in the … [Read more...] about “‘Minority’ is a Problem Concept” by john a. powell (May-June 2008 P&R Issue)

Response

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Socio-economic integration is a good idea, but it is not the same as racial integration, may not provide some of the important advantages, does not have any enforceable basis in law, and often has been extremely controversial. It is true that students in isolated high-poverty schools and neighborhoods suffer disadvantages regardless of race, but the fact is that there are … [Read more...] about Response

“Accurate Racial/Ethnic Data Should Drive Category Review” by Raul Yzaguirre and Sonia M. Perez (January-February 1995 P&R Issue)

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By Raul Yzaguirre and Sonia M. Perez (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The review of the racial and ethnic categories listed on most official government forms comes at a time when the demographics of the nation arc changing rapidly. In the span between 1980 and 1990. for example, the Hispanic population in the U.S. increased by 53%. and the Census Bureau predicts … [Read more...] about “Accurate Racial/Ethnic Data Should Drive Category Review” by Raul Yzaguirre and Sonia M. Perez (January-February 1995 P&R Issue)