Naked Racial Preference
The Case Against Affirmative Action
1st Edition
Published on 12. September 1995
240 pages
978-1-4617-0421-8 (ISBN)
Description
From landmark court cases on affirmative action to their consequences, a study on why such preferences are morally wrong, unlawful, and indefensible.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
File size
0,82 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4617-0421-8 (9781461704218)
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09/1995
Madison Books
€23.00
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Person
By Carl Cohen
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Prologue: What Is Affirmative Action?
- A. Racial Preference in Law School Admissions DeFunis v. Odegaard
- 1. Race and the Constitution
- B. Racial Preference in Medical School Admissions Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
- 2. Who Are Equals?
- 3. Equality, Diversity, and Good Faith
- C. Racial Preference in Employment Steelworkers v. Weber
- 4. Why Racial Preference Is Illegal and Immoral
- 5. Justice Debased: The Weber Decision
- D. Quotas, Goals, and Ethnic Proportionality Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education
- 6. Naked Racial Preference
- E. Heads of the Hydra From Firefighters to Adarand (1984 - 1995)
- 7. Preference as a Remedy for Racial Injury
- 8. When Is a Racial Remedy Justifiable?
- 9. When Is a Governmental Interest Compelling?
- 10. Racial Preference through Set-Asides
- 11. Racial Preference by Federal Policy
- 12. The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions
- Epilogue: The Future of Affirmative Action
- Postscript
- About the Author
