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- catalog abstract "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 suffered discrimination at the hands of white Americans. Eastland also documents how Republicans and Democrats alike have been less than honest about affirmative action, from the cynicism behind Richard Nixon's "Philadelphia Plan" in 1969 to the Clinton administration's ideological pirouettes today. Not only has affirmative action failed to live up to its promises, but its ill effects have leaked poison into the American body politic. The only cure is to end it, and to reclaim the values that all Americans share.".
- catalog contributor b9346440.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "By any other name -- The fight for colorblind law -- Shackled runners : the rise of affirmative action -- Remediation and diversity : affirmative action in higher education -- Counting and norming : affirmative action in the workplace -- Stacking the deck : affirmative action in contracting -- The immigration factor -- The ground shifts -- Ending affirmative action.".
- catalog description "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 suffered discrimination at the hands of white Americans. Eastland also documents how Republicans and Democrats alike have been less than honest about affirmative action, from the cynicism behind Richard Nixon's "Philadelphia Plan" in 1969 to the Clinton administration's ideological pirouettes today.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-218) and index.".
- catalog description "Not only has affirmative action failed to live up to its promises, but its ill effects have leaked poison into the American body politic. The only cure is to end it, and to reclaim the values that all Americans share.".
- catalog extent "x, 229 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Ending affirmative action.".
- catalog identifier "0465013880".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ending affirmative action.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Basic Books,".
- catalog relation "Ending affirmative action.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "331.13/3/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Affirmative action programs Law and legislation United States.".
- catalog subject "Affirmative action programs United States.".
- catalog subject "HF5549.5.A34 E25 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "By any other name -- The fight for colorblind law -- Shackled runners : the rise of affirmative action -- Remediation and diversity : affirmative action in higher education -- Counting and norming : affirmative action in the workplace -- Stacking the deck : affirmative action in contracting -- The immigration factor -- The ground shifts -- Ending affirmative action.".
- catalog title "Ending affirmative action : the case for colorblind justice / Terry Eastland.".
- catalog type "text".