Isbn: 9780465068715 - reflections of an affirmative action baby (28 resultados)

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Hardback. Condición: Good. In a climate where whites who criticize affirmative action risk being termed racist and blacks who do the same risk charges of treason and self hatred, a frank and open discussion of racial preference is difficult to achieve. But, in the first book on racial preference written from personal experience, Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby, Stephen L. Carter, Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale University and self-described beneficiary (and, at times, victim) of affirmative action, does it. Using his own story of success and frustration as an affirmative action baby as a point of departure, Carter, who has risen to the top of his profession, provides an incisive analysis of one of the most incendiary topics of our day-as well as an honest critique of the pressures on black professionals and intellectuals to conform to the politically correct way of being black. Affirmative action as it is practiced today not only does little to promote racial equality, Carter argues, but also allows the nation to escape rather cheaply from its moral obligation to undo the legacy of slavery. Affirmative action, particularly in hiring often reinforces racist stereotypes by promoting the idea that the black professional cannot aspire to anything more than being the best black. Has the time come to abandon these programs? No--but affirmative action must return to its simpler roots, Carter argues: to provide educational opportunities for those who might not otherwise have them. Then the beneficiaries should demand to be held to the same standards as anyone else.…

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Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hardcover/pub.1991/Gd. condition/286 pages - Discusses the politics and culture of racial preferment. [AN129678]. Book.

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Condición: Poor. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: Reprint ] [ Water Damage: MODERATE ] Publisher: Basic Books Pub Date: 10/1/1991 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 304 Reprint edition.

First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 286 pages; Description: xiii, 286 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Affirmative action programs--United States. African Americans--Employment. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-275) and index. 1 Kg.…

Condición: very good, very good. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 286, ink notation on front endpaper, slight wear to DJ edges. Addresses the politics and culture of racial preference, and provides a focal point for subsequent debate on the contradictions of affirmative action.

First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 286 pages; Description: xiii, 286 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Affirmative action programs--United States. African Americans--Employment. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-275) and index. 1 Kg.…

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Hardcover. Condición: As New. 1st Edition. Index. 286pp. Black boards with black cloth spine and bright gilt title. Pictorial Dust Jacket with title and title on spine panel.

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Cloth. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First Edition. xiii. End Notes. Index. 286pp. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt title and black paper over boards. Pictorial Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

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