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Published by VeRosky, 2023
ISBN 10: 1956007164ISBN 13: 9781956007169
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Does your workplace have too few black people in top jobs? Its racist. Does the advanced math and science high school in your city have too many Asians? Its racist. Does your local museum employ too many white women? Its racist, too.After the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, prestigious American institutions, from the medical profession to the fine arts, pleaded guilty to systemic racism. How else explain why blacks are overrepresented in prisons and underrepresented in C-suites and faculty lounges, their leaders asked?The official answer for those disparities is disparate impact, a once obscure legal theory that is now transforming our world. Any traditional standard of behavior or achievement that impedes exact racial proportionality in any enterprise is now presumed racist. Medical school admissions tests, expectations of scientific accomplishment in the award of research grants, the enforcement of the criminal law-all are under assault, because they have a disparate impact on underrepresented minorities.When Race Trumps Merit provides an alternative explanation for those racial disparities. It is large academic skills gaps that cause the lack of proportional representation in our most meritocratic organizations and large differences in criminal offending that account for the racially disproportionate prison population.The need for such a corrective argument could not be more urgent. Federal science agencies now treat researchers skin color as a scientific qualification. Museums and orchestras choose which art and music to promote based on race. Police officers avoid making arrests and prosecutors decline to bring charges to avoid disparate impact on minority criminals.When Race Trumps Merit breaks powerful taboos. But it is driven by a sense of alarm, supported by detailed case studies of how disparate-impact thinking is jeopardizing scientific progress, destroying public order, and poisoning the appreciation of art and culture. As long as alleged racism remains the only allowable explanation for racial differences, we will continue tearing down excellence and putting lives, as well as civilizational achievement, at risk.
Published by VeRosky, 2023
ISBN 10: 1956007164ISBN 13: 9781956007169
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Does your workplace have too few black people in top jobs? Its racist. Does the advanced math and science high school in your city have too many Asians? Its racist. Does your local museum employ too many white women? Its racist, too.After the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, prestigious American institutions, from the medical profession to the fine arts, pleaded guilty to systemic racism. How else explain why blacks are overrepresented in prisons and underrepresented in C-suites and faculty lounges, their leaders asked?The official answer for those disparities is disparate impact, a once obscure legal theory that is now transforming our world. Any traditional standard of behavior or achievement that impedes exact racial proportionality in any enterprise is now presumed racist. Medical school admissions tests, expectations of scientific accomplishment in the award of research grants, the enforcement of the criminal law-all are under assault, because they have a disparate impact on underrepresented minorities.When Race Trumps Merit provides an alternative explanation for those racial disparities. It is large academic skills gaps that cause the lack of proportional representation in our most meritocratic organizations and large differences in criminal offending that account for the racially disproportionate prison population.The need for such a corrective argument could not be more urgent. Federal science agencies now treat researchers skin color as a scientific qualification. Museums and orchestras choose which art and music to promote based on race. Police officers avoid making arrests and prosecutors decline to bring charges to avoid disparate impact on minority criminals.When Race Trumps Merit breaks powerful taboos. But it is driven by a sense of alarm, supported by detailed case studies of how disparate-impact thinking is jeopardizing scientific progress, destroying public order, and poisoning the appreciation of art and culture. As long as alleged racism remains the only allowable explanation for racial differences, we will continue tearing down excellence and putting lives, as well as civilizational achievement, at risk.
Published by VeRosky, 2014
ISBN 10: 0812989325ISBN 13: 9780812989328
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by VeRosky, 2021
ISBN 10: 192268824XISBN 13: 9781922688248
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by VeRosky
ISBN 10: 8891233404ISBN 13: 9788891233400
Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.
Published by VeRosky
ISBN 10: 8867149121ISBN 13: 9788867149124
Seller: Librisline, Valentano, VT, Italy
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Condition: Used: Like New. libro nuovo. Attenzione la copertina risulta leggermente rigata a causa della giacenza su scaffale. Consegna in 24/48 h. 56 l6.
Published by VeRosky, 2002
ISBN 10: 1855496704ISBN 13: 9781855496705
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good. Slightly Used Copy.
Published by VeRosky, 2023
ISBN 10: 1956007164ISBN 13: 9781956007169
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good.
Published by VeRosky, 2015
ISBN 10: 1680430009ISBN 13: 9781680430004
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by VeRosky, 2023
ISBN 10: 1956007164ISBN 13: 9781956007169
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by VeRosky, 2021
ISBN 10: 192268824XISBN 13: 9781922688248
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: very good.
Published by VeRosky, 2002
ISBN 10: 1855496704ISBN 13: 9781855496705
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
Published by VeRosky, 2002
ISBN 10: 1855496704ISBN 13: 9781855496705
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good.
Published by VeRosky, 2022
ISBN 10: 6557240072ISBN 13: 9786557240076
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good.
Published by VeRosky, 1974
ISBN 10: 0394495179ISBN 13: 9780394495170
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.