When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America...

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Ira Katznelson (Columbia University)

When Affirmative Action Was White

An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America

Ira Katznelson (Columbia University)

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Norton
08 January 2010

History; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history; Social discrimination; Ethnic studies

A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action.

When Affirmative Action Was White demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s were created in a deeply discriminatory manner. This was no accident. With the United States still in an era of legal segregation, the powerful southern wing of the Democratic Party provided the framework for Social Security, the GI Bill, and landmark labor laws that helped create the foundations of the modern middle class. Through mechanisms that specifically excluded maids and farmworkers and through laws that kept administration in local hands, the gap between blacks and whites actually widened despite postwar prosperity. The publication of this deeply disturbing work promises to create a national debate on the meaning of affirmative action and the responsibility of government.

By: Ira Katznelson (Columbia University)
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 241g
ISBN: 9780393328516
ISBN 10: 0393328511
Publication Date: 08 January 2010
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America

A fresh, highly readable, first-rate history. -- Sanford D Horowitt - San Francisco Chronicle A penetrating new analysis. -- Nick Kotz - New York Times Book Review Ira Katznelson has made a major contribution to the affirmative action debate... [His] book makes as strong a case as I have ever seen for vigorous action to bring about equal opportunities for African-Americans. -- George M. Frederickson - New York Review of Books A gem of a book. -- David Oshinsky - The Nation Katznelson's explosive analysis provides us with a new and painful understanding of how politics and race intersect. -- Henry Louis Gates Jr.