TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beckwith Francis
AU  - Jones Todd E
TI  - Affirmative action: social justice or reverse discrimination? 
T2  - Contemporary issues (Amherst, N.Y
SN  - 1573921572 
AV  - E185.615 
U1  - 305.8/00973 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Amherst, N.Y.
PB  - Prometheus Books
KW  - Race discrimination
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Affirmative action programs
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Race relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p.   ); Introduction: What Is Affirmative Action and What Is the Controversy About? -- Pt. I. The Public Policy Debate Over Affirmative Action. 1. Taking Affirmative Action Part / Nicholas Lemann. 2. To Fulfill These Rights: Commencement Address at Howard University (June 4, 1965) / Lyndon Baines Johnson. 3. The Sweet Music of Equal Treatment / Ward Connerly. 4. The DeFunis Case: The Right to Go to Law School / Ronald Dworkin. 5. Casualties and More Casualties: Surviving Affirmative Action (More or Less) / Frederick R. Lynch. 6. From Equal Opportunity to "Affirmative Action" / Thomas Sowell. 7. Nihilism in Black America / Cornel West. 8. Affirmative Action: The Price of Preference / Shelby Steele. 9. Reverse Racism, or How the Pot Got to Call the Kettle Black / Stanley Fish. 10. Race-Neutral Programs and the Democratic Coalition / William Julius Wilson -- Pt. II. Philosophical Discussions of Affirmative Action. 11. The Moral Status of Affirmative Action / Louis P. Pojman. 12. A Defense of Programs of Preferential Treatment / Richard Wasserstrom. 13. Is Racial Discrimination Special? / Michael E. Levin. 14. Goals and Quotas in Hiring and Promotion / Tom L. Beauchamp. 15. Justifying Reverse Discrimination in Employment / George Sher
ER  -