Place, not race : a new vision of opportunity in America / Sheryll Cashin.

"Race-based affirmative action had been declining as a factor in university admissions even before the recent spate of related cases arrived at the Supreme Court. Since Ward Connerly kickstarted a state-by-state political mobilization against affirmative action in the mid-1990s, the percentage of pu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cashin, Sheryll
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Beacon Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Affirmative action programs in education > United States. Discrimination in education > Law and legislation > United States. Universities and colleges > United States > Admission. Minorities > Education (Higher) > United States. Educational equalization > United States. Multicultural education > United States. Cultural pluralism > United States. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights. LAW / Civil Rights. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
Physical Description:	xxi, 153 pages ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Introduction
White resentment, the declining use of race, and gridlock
Place matters
Optical diversity vs. real inclusion
Place, not race, and other radical reforms
Reconciliation
Conclusion
Epilogue: a letter to my sons.