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Should Race Matter When Rectifying Past Errors?, Alan E. Garfield Jul 2009

Should Race Matter When Rectifying Past Errors?, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

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Lawrence Summers At The Nber Conference: The Real Deal, Taunya Lovell Banks Jun 2008

Lawrence Summers At The Nber Conference: The Real Deal, Taunya Lovell Banks

Taunya Lovell Banks

This mini commentary is written in response to a public speech made by Lawrence Summers, then President of Harvard University in 2005 in which he asserted that the under-representation of women in science and engineering may be due in part to biological differences in abilities between women and men. This commentary argues that Summers' remarks constitute a brief against affirmative action for women stated so broadly that it easily encompasses objections to affirmative action for blacks and other non-white Americans. It concludes that our inability or unwillingness to make connections between gender bias and racial privilege helps to maintain a …


Contested Terrains Of Compensation: Equality, Affirmative Action And Diversity In The United States, Taunya L. Banks Jun 2008

Contested Terrains Of Compensation: Equality, Affirmative Action And Diversity In The United States, Taunya L. Banks

Taunya Lovell Banks

No abstract provided.


Contested Terrains Of Compensation: Equality, Affirmative Action And Diversity In The United States, Taunya L. Banks Jun 2008

Contested Terrains Of Compensation: Equality, Affirmative Action And Diversity In The United States, Taunya L. Banks

Taunya Lovell Banks

No abstract provided.


Thinking Critically About Equality: Government Can Make Us Equal, Robert L. Hayman, Nancy Levit Dec 1999

Thinking Critically About Equality: Government Can Make Us Equal, Robert L. Hayman, Nancy Levit

Robert L. Hayman

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