By Florence Wagman Roisman (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Not only possible, but absolutely essential. Here are the “top 6” reasons for acknowledging that we cannot do without “racial” integration – and rejecting its opposite, segregation: 1. Racial segregation is inconsistent with civil democracy. The polity to which we aspire is premised on the equal … [Read more...] about “Is Integration Possible? Of Course…” by Florence Wagman Roisman (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
“The Gautreaux Experience” by James E. Rosenbaum (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By James E. Rosenbaum (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) I am puzzled by those who focus on white attitudes as the lever for changing black disadvantage. Attitudes are a particularly ineffective lever for change. We don’t know how to change people’s attitudes, and attitude change doesn’t always change material circumstances. However, sometimes we manage to change … [Read more...] about “The Gautreaux Experience” by James E. Rosenbaum (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
“No One Even Knows What Integration Is” by John Woodford (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By John Woodford (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Our struggle is about desegregation and justice, including recompensatory and reparative measures to make up for past systematic handicapping of our socioeconomic and political rights and privileges. The goal is not and should not be termed as “integration.” No one even knows what that is. It can’t be measured … [Read more...] about “No One Even Knows What Integration Is” by John Woodford (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
“Today’s Integration Challenge” by Angela E. Oh (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By Angela E. Oh (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Americans are confronted with the fact that we are a multi-racial, multi-cultural society that has yet to define a new vision, strategy or language that allows for the kind of transformation that integration once symbolized. A thorough and relevant assessment of our challenges in connection with race relations and … [Read more...] about “Today’s Integration Challenge” by Angela E. Oh (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
“Keeping the Dream” by William L. Taylor (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By William L. Taylor (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown have made an important contribution with their trenchant analysis of where matters now stand in the long struggle for equality and racial integration. Sadly, race remains a seemingly intractable problem, an (perhaps the) American dilemma. W.E.B. DuBois’ observation … [Read more...] about “Keeping the Dream” by William L. Taylor (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
