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,
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“Analysis of Racially Disparate Impacts in the Siting of Environmental Hazards” by Thomas J. Henderson, David S. Bailey and Selena Mendy (May-June 1996 P&R Issue)
By Thomas J. Henderson, David S. Bailey and Selena Mendy (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) This article focuses on one aspect of a broad challenge by Citizens Against Nuclear Trash (CANT), a grassroots coalition in Louisiana, to the proposed construction, between two small African American communities-Forest Grove and Center Springs--of the first privately owned … [Read more...] about “Analysis of Racially Disparate Impacts in the Siting of Environmental Hazards” by Thomas J. Henderson, David S. Bailey and Selena Mendy (May-June 1996 P&R Issue)
Affirmative Action, R.I.P.
Affirmative action, as we have known it, is probably dead. Good riddance. For the past quarter of a century, many blacks have looked to affirmative action, despite its shortcomings, as a symbol of America's longdenied promise of racial equality. But its original purpose, as a means to help compensate African-Americans for slavery and its racist legacy, has long since been … [Read more...] about Affirmative Action, R.I.P.
“The Presumption of Stupidity: Affirmative Action, Occupational Apartheid” by Brent Staples (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
By Brent Staples (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) .... It is absurd to argue, as many critics do, that affirmative action has placed African-Americans under suspicion of incompetence, by propelling them into positions they do not rightly deserve. Bred into this country's bones, the presumption that blacks are inherently less "qualified" would be a driving force … [Read more...] about “The Presumption of Stupidity: Affirmative Action, Occupational Apartheid” by Brent Staples (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
“Racial/Ethnic Categories: Do They Matter to Health?” by Carol C. Korenbrot (March-April 1995 P&R Issue)
By Carol C. Korenbrot (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Race and ethnic data play an important role in national, state and some local health policies. A number of public databases document differences in health status and services among different racial and ethnic groups, and many of the differences indicate a need to prioritize policies for different ethnic … [Read more...] about “Racial/Ethnic Categories: Do They Matter to Health?” by Carol C. Korenbrot (March-April 1995 P&R Issue)
