We won't go back; making the case for affirmative action

Lawrence, Charles R. III and Mari J. Matsuda

ISBN 10: 0395791251 / ISBN 13: 9780395791257

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1997

About this Item

xx, 314p., first printing, review copy with press release laid in, dj with a minor closed tear along the fold. The African American and Japanese American authors are law professors at Georgetown.

Seller Inventory # 84575

Bibliographic Details

• Title: We won't go back; making the case for affirmative action
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395791251
• ISBN 13: 9780395791257
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Asian American history
  • Law
  • Affirmative action
  • Multicultural studies
  • African American

About this title

Synopsis

Reviews the original intent of affirmative action policies and argues for their critical role in the health of American society, emphasizing the need for an expanded and more humane version of affirmative action.

Synopsis

Tackling the issue of affirmative action, this book aims to get back to the policy's original intent by removing the rhetoric. The authors trace the evolution of the policy from the ideological speeches of Stokely Carmichael, to current conflicts among minority groups. They discuss the notion of maintaining a sense of unique and profound suffering rather than combining all human suffering under a general notion of oppression.