Notes of a Racial Caste Baby: Color Blindness and the End of Affirmative ActionNYU Press, 01.01.1998 - 240 Seiten The Constitution of the United States, writes Bryan Fair, was a series of compromises between white male propertyholders: Southern planters and Northern merchants. At the heart of their deals was a clear race-conscious intent to place the interests of whites above those of blacks. |
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... Harlan wrote that " our Constitution is color - blind , and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens . To understand what Harlan meant , it is instructive to look at the text preceding this often - quoted statement : The White ...
... Harlan and Powell each contended that his color blindness principle was derived from the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause . Yet their opinions in Plessy and Bakke at times appear contradictory regarding the ...
... Harlan and Powell or one that would prohibit remedial armative action.9 Therefore, the problem of the twenty-first century will be the problem of color blindness10—the refusal of legislators, jurists, and most of American society to ...
... Harlan so rightly rejected . Part 3 presents the mid - twentieth - century backdrop for the federal government's adoption of remedial affirmative action . I look at the justifications for adopting federal affirmative action programs for ...
... Harlan's concern about racial caste and demonstrate how pervasive it is today . I propose that the Court - whose duty it is to declare what the Constitution means - endorse the distinction between remedial affirmative action and laws ...
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WHITE PRIVILEGE AND BLACK DESPAIR | |
THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF REMEDIAL | |
The Court of Last Resort | |
The Invention of Reverse Discrimination | |
Myth or Reality? | |
Racial Realism | |
Eliminating Caste | |
Notes | |
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Notes of a Racial Caste Baby: Color Blindness and the End of Affirmative Action Bryan K. Fair Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1999 |
Notes of a Racial Caste Baby: Color Blindness and the End of Affirmative Action Bryan K. Fair Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1997 |
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