The End of Affirmative Action: Where Do We Go from Here? [Hardcover]

Darien A. McWhirter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1996

A political and social study that supports the 1995 Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action reveals the movement's negative effect on racism, chronicles the history of affirmative action, and offers solutions for racial equality.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In this brief synthesis of recent history, court decisions and policy proposals, Austin attorney McWhirter (Your Rights at Work), a self-described disillusioned liberal, offers a competent introduction to a divisive issue. He notes the different types of affirmative action-including recruitment and preferences-as well as their variable justifications, to compensate for specific or societal discrimination, or to foster diversity. He sketches the policy's murky, tangled history. He argues that preferences create victims and foster self-doubt in recipients. He summarizes key court decisions, suggesting that government affirmative action plans will become very narrowly drawn. Most useful is his acknowledgment that many opponents of affirmative action propound a myth of equal opportunity; he supports more innovative processes-such as selecting qualified applicants for schools and jobs at random-to aid minorities without the divisiveness of preference plans. He also argues that America's racial divide must further be bridged by massive government programs to rebuild inner-city slums.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 188 pages
• Publisher: Birch Lane Pr; 1St Edition edition (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559723394
• ISBN-13: 978-1559723398
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,435,531 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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