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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Christopher H Foreman |
| ISBN: | 0815728808 9780815728801 |
| OCLC Number: | 41649563 |
| Description: | x, 216 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. The predicament -- Rough road to racial uplift / Christopher H. Foreman Jr. -- Two nations of Black America / Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Legacy of slavery / Glenn C. Loury -- pt. 2. Affirmative action -- Black progress / Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom -- Affirmative action / Orlando Patterson -- pt. 3. Education -- Black-white test score gap / Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips -- Race, education, and equal opportunity / Linda Darling-Hammond -- Vouchers and central city schools / Paul E. Peterson and Jay P. Greene -- pt. 4. Community -- Impediments to integration / Nathan Glazer -- Black churches and the inner-city poor / John J. DiIulio, Jr. -- pt. 5. Politics -- American racial and ethnic politics in the twenty-first century / Jennifer L. Hochschild -- Unsteady march toward racial equality / Philip A. Klinkner and Rogers M. Smith -- Moral basis of a color-blind politics / Paul M. Sniderman and Edward G. Carmines. |
| Responsibility: | Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., editor. |
Abstract:
This anthology examines the vexing realities of racial conditions in America at the end of the 20th century. Thirteen essays present thoughtful - and at times conflicting - assessments of African-American progress and of the prospects for further enhancement.
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