the gautreaux experience

“The Gautreaux Experience” by James E. Rosenbaum (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)

February 1, 2000 by

By James E. Rosenbaum (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) I am puzzled by those who focus on white attitudes as the lever for changing black disadvantage. Attitudes are a particularly ineffective lever for change. We don’t know how to change people’s attitudes, and attitude change doesn’t always change material circumstances. However, sometimes we manage to change … [Read more...] about “The Gautreaux Experience” by James E. Rosenbaum (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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