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245 0 0 _aAffirmative action :
_bsocial justice or reverse discrimination? /
_cedited by Francis J. Beckwith and Todd E. Jones.
260 _aAmherst, N.Y. :
_bPrometheus Books,
_c1997.
300 _a250 p. ;
_c23 cm.
490 1 _aContemporary issues (Amherst, N.Y.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. ).
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 _aRace discrimination
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century
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650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xCivil rights
_xHistory
_y20th century
_9282978
650 0 _aAffirmative action programs
_xLaw and legislation
_zUnited States
_9326118
651 0 _aUnited States
_xRace relations
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700 1 _aBeckwith Francis
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700 1 _aJones Todd E
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830 0 _aContemporary issues (Buffalo, N.Y.)
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