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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“A Wake-Up Call for Liberals” by Richard D. Kahlenberg (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
By Richard D. Kahlenberg (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown make a compelling case that integration remains an illusion, and for that reason, the book is a powerful antidote to the happy talk of conservatives who tend to emphasize only the progress that we have made. But the authors’ sobering evidence on the state of race … [Read more...] about “A Wake-Up Call for Liberals” by Richard D. Kahlenberg (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
Is Racism Permanent? (November-December 1993 P&R Issue)
Early on, I believed that were we to rid the world of railroad tracks, "racism" would disappear. The daily crossing to "the other side of town" to receive a Catholic schooling was an education in itself. I failed to understand "racism" upon graduating from middle school, when my mother offered her prophetic wisdom that my white Catholic school friends would abandon me for other … [Read more...] about Is Racism Permanent? (November-December 1993 P&R Issue)
