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Category:
Psychology
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
ISBN-10: 0313323968
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 152
Copyright: Oct. 30, 2003
[A] clearly written summary of affirmative action--varying definitions, myths, executive orders, and contending assumptions of the arguments, pro and con....Recommended. Especially for studies in social psychology; upper-division undergraduates and above.
—Choice June 2004
Affirmative Action was originally needed to deal with disparities - social, economic, political and educational - in America. What is needed is a new, long-term program to attack the root causes of inequality and prejudice. Salinas believes the quest to end disparity in this country must begin with educational reform, abandoning an antiquated educational model designed to serve an emerging industrial society and based on the values of the dominant white class of the time. He applies empirical evidence to reach policy conclusions moving beyond our current Affirmative Action.
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