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Ending affirmative actionTerry Eastland

Ending affirmative action

1996236 pages
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In this essential book, Terry Eastland makes a compelling case that we must end affirmative action if we are to restore true fairness and justice in America. Racial preferences and setasides have distorted what our country stands for, and we must return to the only standard that is in accord with our national ideals - the standard of color-blindness. Justice was ill served when whites were preferred, and it is no more equitable when minorities are. Eastland lays bare the absurdities of affirmative action, especially the preferencess for immigrants, whose ancestors could not possibly have…

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2 editions
  • Other · English · 1997
    Basic Books · 243 pages · 9780465013890
  • Other · English · 1996
    Basic Books · 229 pages · 9780465013883
Affirmative action programsLaw and legislationMinorities, employment