A distinguished professor confronts the objections to affirmative action and offers a spirited rebuttal. Nationalism among middle-class blacks mystifies other Americans. The author reports on his conversations with black college students. At every educational level something depresses black achievement, writes the author, a well-known social scientist. When Americans talk about government spending, about welfare, about crime, about unemployment, or about values, they are to some degree also talking about race.
Race is the subtext of American politics.
Clarence Thomas, a black, and the chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, does not believe in integration, affirmative action, or the possibility of a colorblind society. His job, he believes, is to protect individuals, not groups. The results may be dangerous. All rights reserved.