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Ending Affirmative Action: The Case for Colorblind Justice » (REPRINT)

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Authors: Terry Eastland
ISBN-13: 9780465013890, ISBN-10: 0465013899
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: March 1997
Edition: REPRINT

Author Biography: Terry Eastland

Terry Eastland is editor of Forbes MediaCritic and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. He lives in McLean, Virginia.

Book Synopsis

"In the 1960s, we resolved as a nation never to judge people by the color of their skin. But today, race-based public policy has once again become the norm, this time under the banner of affirmative ac"

Wall Street Journal

Eastland calmly demolishes the fallacies, deceptions, and euphemisms that underlie the protean rationales for affirmative action.

1	By Any Other Name	1
2	The Fight for Colorblind Law	21
3	Shackled Runners: The Rise of Affirmative Action	39
4	Remediation and Diversity: Affirmative Action in Higher Education	65
5	Counting and Norming: Affirmative Action in the Workplace	92
6	Stacking the Deck: Affirmative Action in Contracting	117
7	The Immigration Factor	143
8	The Ground Shifts	159
9	Ending Affirmative Action	195
	Notes	205
	Acknowledgments	219
	Index	221

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