When Affirmative Action was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-century AmericaA study on the lesser-known origins of affirmative action argues that key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s were purposefully discriminatory, revealing how Southern democrats widened the gap between black and white Americans through specific restrictions in social security, the GI bill, and landmark labor |
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Contenido
Doctor of Laws | xv |
Welfare in Black and White | 19 |
Rules for Work | 43 |
Divisions in War | 66 |
White Veterans Only | 97 |
Johnsons Ambitions Powells Principles Thoughts on Renewing Affirmative Action | 126 |
To Fulfill These Rights | 155 |
Notes | 164 |
Acknowledgments | 203 |
Index | 205 |
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| Título | When Affirmative Action was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-century America |
| Autor | Ira Katznelson |
| Editor | W. W. Norton & Company, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0393052133, 9780393052138 |
| Largo | 238 páginas |
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