The Affirmative Action Debate

Table of contents

• With Contributions By ii
• Title Page ii
• Contents vii
• Acknowledgments xi
• Introduction xiii
• 1 - The Beginning 1
• Staying on the Path to Racial Equality 3
• To Fulfill These Rights 16
• A Personal Footnote in History 25
• Affirmative Action in Context 31
• 2 - On the Job 36
• Affirmative Action in the Workplace 39
• Performing Without a Net 49
• Performing Without a Net 49
• Diversity in Corporate America 76
• Notes 76
• Who Has Benefited from Affirmative Action in Employment? 95
• 3 - The Economics of Affirmative Action 97
• The Business of Affirmative Action 99
• Personal Responsibility 111
• Notes 119
• Why America Needs Set-Aside Programs 121
• 4 - A Question of Justice 127
• An Experiment Gone Awry 130
• Standing in the Right Place 137
• Race and The Supreme Court's 1994-95 Term 146
• The Supreme Court Ruled Correctly in Adarand 163
• 5 - Beyond Black and White 165
• The Minority-Majority Society 167
• Why Women Need Affirmative Action 182
• Notes 182
• Invisible Latinos: Excluded from Discussions of Inclusion 190
• The Latinos Experience 190
• Beyond the Model Minority Myth 205
• 6 - In the Field 208
• Sitting in for Diversity Victoria Valle 210
• Notes 215
• The Color Line and the "Thin Blue Line" 226
• Affirmative Action in the Army: Why It Works 227
• 7 - The Political Issue 239
• Tracing the Politics of Affirmative Action 241
• Notes 256
• Mend It, Don't End It 258
• The Meaning of American Equality 285
• Race-Baiting and the 1996 Presidential Campaign 288
• 8 - Closing Arguments 297
• Affirmative Action: Why We Need It, Why It is Under Attack 299
• Note 313
• Promoting Racial Harmony 314
• The Future of Affirmative Action 326
• Bibliography 337
• About the Editor 343
• About the Contributors 345
• Index 355

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