(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) A selection of commentaries on the August-September 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa. January/February 2002 issue of Poverty & Race The August-September 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial … [Read more...] about “Symposium: After Durban” (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
John Powell
“Symposium: Socioeconomic School Integration” (September-October 2001 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Part One School segregation by race is extreme and increasing, despite the 1954 Brown decision. And, for many known reasons, these racial patterns clearly disadvantage blacks, Latinos, and other racial minorities. Today's courts are hostile to racially-based remedies and there is considerable resistance among the majority white … [Read more...] about “Symposium: Socioeconomic School Integration” (September-October 2001 P&R Issue)
“Unillusioned” by S.M. Miller (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By S.M. Miller (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) How one evaluates the last four decades largely depends on one’s expectations. My outlook in the ‘60’s was that an untroubled, clear, upward progression to real, full integration of African Americans would not occur. “Cost-free liberalism” was the somewhat caustic term that I applied to the liberal confidence that … [Read more...] about “Unillusioned” by S.M. Miller (January-February 2000 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)
Symposium: Racial/Ethnic Categories
A discussion surrounding whether Racial/Ethnic categories matter in the United States, in many different arenas.November/December 1994 issue of Poverty & Race Part One The July 25, 1994 New Yorker carried a very important article, by staff writer Lawrence Wright, titled "One Drop of Blood," discussing the meaning and utility of racial and ethnic categories, particularly … [Read more...] about Symposium: Racial/Ethnic Categories
