Discusses three broad theoretical varieties of racial inequality (the deficiency theory, bias theory, and structural discrimination theory), suggesting that three basic strategies exist to remedy racial inequality: the civil rights strategy (prohibiting discrimination and enforcing laws), the poverty approach (helping the poor out of poverty), and…

Increasingly, Blacks are recognizing a need to debate civil rights and affirmative action, tolerate diversity of opinion, and acknowledge that there is no single right Black answer. Although Black scholars who oppose racial preference are still in the minority, their views are gaining currency. Some propose unusual solutions. (MSE)

Discusses issues and policies associated with aging for women, Blacks, and Hispanics. Includes a policy analyst's response to the predictions. (BL)

Black Americans must begin to project their humanistic values within the political context of America. The majority of Blacks are still "have nots" and Black politics must address this problem. (Author/WI)

The Supreme Court's 1954 Brown decision, which addressed itself to the question of race, was as applicable to the national media as to the nation's public schools. In its watchdog role, the media has often preached to government and businesses, without applying the same standards to itself. The media, an industry governed and ruled by white males…

Federal leadership is moving in the wrong direction on Civil Rights. Describes the State of Michigan's actions on civil rights and maintains that current federal policies are undermining the progress that has been made nationally. (PS)

Asserts that affirmative action is so contentious because it is not a true regime of group rights, discussing: when a group is not a group; black Americans and interest group pluralism; black Americans and corporatism; the prescience of black nationalists; the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; when an organization is not an…

Today, the United States stands at a critical crossroad with regard to civil rights; the choice is between an officially colorblind society and a government-supported, race-conscious one. The purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments was to end a discriminatory system and to erect in its place a regime of race neutrality. In 1896, the…

At the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 1978 Annual Convention, speeches and discussions were dominated by the effect of the Bakke decision on future college admissions and affirmative action programs. (Author/MC)

While the author applauds the judgment of the Supreme Court that a university may consider race in its admissions process, he considers it ironic that, after several hundred years of class-based discrimination against Blacks, the Court is unwilling to hold that a class-based remedy for that discrimination is permissible. (Author/KR)

Discusses the philosophical rationale for preferential affirmative action presented by Daniel C. Maguire in "A New American Justice." Maintains that self-interest bars present society's acceptance of Maguire's theories of justice, as demonstrated in negative reactions to the Harvard Law Review's affirmative action plan. (MJL)

Reviews court decisions on discrimination cases to show that the rulings of the Supreme Court under the Nixon administration have been detrimental to the racial desegregation movement. (MJL)

This article cites statistics and documentation from a book entitled "The Case for Affirmative Action for Blacks in Higher Education," to illustrate the argument that affirmative action is not only legal, but absolutely essential. (Author/EB)

Challenges the view that, in a meritocratic society, affirmative action in higher education does personal and professional harm to those whom it ostensibly benefits. The author contends that, in most cases, those who are granted preferences are neither professionally diminished nor hurt by personal or societal feelings that they are unqualified or…

The success of voluntary affirmative action plans adopted by public housing authorities in four Kentucky cities is documented in this report. Progress toward concerted desegregation efforts in other Kentucky cities is cited. Desegregation methods used by Kentucky municipal housing authorities are outlined and their effectiveness is illustrated.…