When Affirmative Action was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-century America

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W. W. Norton & Company, 2005 - 238 páginas
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A 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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The New Deal was a devil’s bargain: major programs to alleviate the suffering of the Depression, but with Southern-demanded local control so that whites could continue to control blacks and deny them ... Leer comentario completo

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Critical to understanding the existing gaps between African Americans and whites in today's society, this book addresses the deliberate policy decisions made during the New Deal and the Fair Deal to ... Leer comentario completo

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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Ira Katznelson is Columbia University's Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History. Having served as president of the American Political Science Association, he is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He is also the author of Fear Itself and When Affirmative Action Was White.

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