Race, Poverty, and American Cities, Precise connections between race, poverty and the condition of America's cities are drawn In this collection of seventeen essays. Policymakers and scholars from a variety of disciplines analyze the plight of the urban poor since the riots of the 1960s and the resulting 1968 Kerner Commission Report on the status of African Americans. In … [Read more...] about Race, Poverty, and American Cities,
“Is Racial Integration Essential to Achieving Quality Education for Low-Income Minority Students, In the Short Term? In the Long Term?” by john powell (September-October 1996 P&R Issue)
By john powell (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) My schooling gave me no training as the oppressor, as an unfairly advantaged person, or a person in a damaged culture. . . At school, we were no, taught about slavery in any depth; we were not taught to see slave holders as damaged people. Slaves were seen as the only group at risk of being dehumanized My schooling … [Read more...] about “Is Racial Integration Essential to Achieving Quality Education for Low-Income Minority Students, In the Short Term? In the Long Term?” by john powell (September-October 1996 P&R Issue)
Symposium: Is Racial Integration Essential to Achieving Quality Education for Low-Income Minority Students, In the Short Term? In the Long Term? (July-August 1996 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) A discussion about this important question. Part One We asked a number of education reform activists to respond to this important question. Below are contributions from Elaine Gantz Berman, Phyllis Hart/Joyce Germaine Watts, Lyman Ho and Kati Haycock. We welcome others' views and will consider extending this symposium in a … [Read more...] about Symposium: Is Racial Integration Essential to Achieving Quality Education for Low-Income Minority Students, In the Short Term? In the Long Term? (July-August 1996 P&R Issue)
“Determining the Disproportionate Impacts from Pollution Sources” by Stuart Batterman and Yu-Ling Huang (July-August 1996 P&R Issue)
By Stuart Batterman and Yu-Ling Huang (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) This article explores how to determine whether disproportionate impacts have occurred or are likely to occur from facilities handling or emitting hazardous substances. It emphasizes the use of risk assessment and other technical assessment techniques in these determinations. A number of … [Read more...] about “Determining the Disproportionate Impacts from Pollution Sources” by Stuart Batterman and Yu-Ling Huang (July-August 1996 P&R Issue)
“Key Research and Policy Issues Facing Environmental Justice” by Bunyan Bryant
By Bunyan Bryant (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Environmental justice refers to those cultural norms, values, rules, regulations, behaviors, policies and decisions that support sustainable communities, where people can interact with confidence that their environment is safe, nurturing and productive. Environmental justice is served when people can realize … [Read more...] about “Key Research and Policy Issues Facing Environmental Justice” by Bunyan Bryant
