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Informationen zum Autor John D. Skrentny is Professor of Sociology at the University of California! San Diego. Klappentext policies that have made the country more egalitarian but left it perhaps as divided as ever. Zusammenfassung In the wake of the black civil rights movement, other disadvantaged groups of Americans began to make headway, and by the early 1970s a minority rights revolution was well underway. Skrentny exposes the connections between the diverse actions and circumstances that contributed to this revolution—and that forever changed American politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis *1. Introduction: How War and the Black Civil Rights Movement Changed America *2. "This Is War and This Is a War Measure": Racial Equality Becomes National Security *3. National Security and Equal Rights: Limits and Qualifications *4. "We Were Advancing the Really Revolutionary View of Discrimination": Designating Official Minorities for Affirmative Action in Employment *5. "In View of the Existence of the Other Significant Minorities": The Expansion of Affirmative Action for Minority Capitalists *6. "Race Is a Very Relevant Personal Characteristic": Affirmative Admissions! Diversity! and the Supreme Court *7. "Learn! Amigo! Learn!": Bilingual Education and Language Rights in the Schools *8. "I Agree with You about the Inherent Absurdity": Title IX and Women's Equality in Education *9. White Males and the Limits of the Minority Rights Revolution: The Disabled! White Ethnics! and Gays *10. Conclusion: The Rare American Epiphany * Notes * Index
