By Noel Ignatiev (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown are right to conclude that integration of black and white must forever remain an illusion. Integration, in the sense they use the term, is incompatible with the existence of white and black as social categories. The society they envision requires not integration of white … [Read more...] about “Needed: An Antiwhite Movement” by Noel Ignatiev (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
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“What is the Question: Integration or Defeat of Racism?” by James Early (January-February P&R Issue)
By James Early (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Research, principled discussion and debate about how to address the racial reality of the nation should always be welcomed, as they help focus public attention and politics on what Peter Drucker identifies as “the basic American problem, race relations between white and black.” A fundamental contemporary issue … [Read more...] about “What is the Question: Integration or Defeat of Racism?” by James Early (January-February P&R Issue)
“Progress in Integration HAS Been Made” by George C. Galster (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By George C. Galster (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Professors Steinhorn and Diggs-Brown analyze contemporary American racial attitudes, behaviors, symbols and politics and come to the pessimistic conclusion that black-white integration is impossible during our lifetimes. There is no doubt that the challenges of moving toward a racially integrated society are … [Read more...] about “Progress in Integration HAS Been Made” by George C. Galster (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
“Half Full? Half Empty?” by James W. Loewen (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By James W. Loewen (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) We all stare at the half-full glass of integration and racial justice. We all wish it were full. Steinhorn and Diggs-Brown and some others emphasize the empty top half, singling out neighborhoods and schools that have resegregated and stressing that white ethnic groups — “the Italian, Jews, Poles, and Russians” … [Read more...] about “Half Full? Half Empty?” by James W. Loewen (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)
