The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don't Need Racial Preferences to Succeed
by Jason L. Riley
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"After the Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the use of race in college admissions was unconstitutional, many predicted that the black middle class was doomed. In The Affirmative Action Myth, Jason L. Riley details the neglected history of black achievement without government intervention. Using empirical data, Riley shows how black families lifted themselves out of poverty prior to the racial preference policies of the 1960s and 1970s. Countering thinkers who blame white supremacy and show more systemic racism for today's racial gaps, Riley offers a more optimistic story of black success without racial favoritism"-- show lessTags
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Jason L. Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, where he has published opinion pieces for more than 25 years. He is the author of several books, including Please Stop Helping Us (2014), False Black Power? (2017), and Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell (2021).
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- Sociology, Nonfiction, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, History, Politics and Government
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- 305.896 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Ethnic and national groups Other ethnic and national groups Africans and people of African descent; Blacks of African origin
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- E185.86 .R548 — History of the United States United States Elements in the population Afro-Americans Status and development since emancipation
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