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Riding Into The Sunset In A "Post-Racial" World: Lessons In Equal Educational Opportuity And College Admissions Schemes In France And The United States, Kristen Barnes
Kristen Barnes
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and compare two strategies designed to promote ethno-racial inclusion that were initiated in France and the United States in the context of higher education. In particular, I examine the Priority Education Agreements Program or CEP, an innovative affirmative action program which was implemented in 2001 by the Sciences Po, one of France’s elite universities, in relation to the Texas Ten Percent Plan that was established in 1997 in the United States by the State of Texas.
Sections I and II of this paper will provide the historical and social contexts in which …
Biological Metaphors For Whiteness: Beyond Merit And Malice, Brant T. Lee
Biological Metaphors For Whiteness: Beyond Merit And Malice, Brant T. Lee
Brant T. Lee
The problem of persistent racial inequality is grounded in a failure of imagination. The general mainstream conception is that unfair racial inequality occurs only when there is intentional racism. Absent conscious racial malice, no racism is seen to exist. The only generally available alternative explanation for racial inequality is the meritocratic system. Viewing the distribution of resources as a product of a generally fair meritocratic system provides a defense against any charge of racism, and justifies the status quo.
But in economics, business, computer science, and even biology, observers of complexity are coming to understand how dominant systems can prevail …