| Description |
224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Opposing viewpoints series |
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Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-218) and index. |
| Summary |
Considers opposing opinions on such issues as how serious discrimination is in its various forms, whether reverse discrimination exists, and how effective Affirmative Action and other remedies are. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Racial discrimination is commonplace / Richard Morin and Michael H. Cottman -- Some racial discrimination is justified / Dinesh D'Souza -- Racial discrimination has diminished / Ward Connerly -- Women do not face wage discrimination / Diana Furchtgott-Roth -- Women continue to face wage discrimination / Ellen Bravo -- Homosexuals face significant discrimination / Harriet Schwartz -- Homosexuals do not face significant discrimination / Concerned Women for America -- Affirmative Action creates reverse discrimination / New Criterion -- Affirmative Action does not create reverse discrimination / William Raspberry, Derrick Z. Jackson -- Political correctness leads to reverse discrimination / Paul Craig Roberts, Andrew Stephen -- Political correctness does not lead to reverse discrimination / Rebecca T. Alpert -- Minorities should take responsibility for reverse discrimination / Andrew Sullivan -- Whites should take responsibility for white privilege / Leny Mendoza Strobel -- Affirmative Action is beneficial / Robert C. Scott -- Affirmative Action is counterproductive / Roger Clegg -- Affirmative Action in college admissions is necessary / Chang-Lin Tien -- Affirmative Action in college admissions is harmful / Jason L. Riley -- Diversity-training programs are productive / Andrea Ayvazian and Beverly Daniel Tatum -- Diversity-training programs are counterproductive / Alan Charles Kors -- Racial profiling should be eliminated / Gene Callahan and William Anderson -- Racial profiling should not be banned / John Derbyshire -- The United States should pay reparations for slavery / Ronald Walters -- The United States should not pay reparations for slavery / Robert Tracinski -- Congress should ban antigay job discrimination / Bill Clinton -- Laws banning antigay job discrimination are unnecessary / Andrew Sullivan. |
| Subject |
Discrimination -- United States.
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Minorities -- United States.
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Reverse discrimination -- United States.
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Discrimination.
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Reverse discrimination.
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Affirmative action programs.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Mary E., 1960-
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| ISBN |
0737712252 alkaline paper |
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0737712260 alkaline paper |
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