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A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action.

Trade Review
"A fresh, highly readable, first-rate history." -- Sanford D Horowitt - San Francisco Chronicle
"A penetrating new analysis." -- Nick Kotz - New York Times Book Review
"Ira Katznelson has made a major contribution to the affirmative action debate…[His] book makes as strong a case as I have ever seen for vigorous action to bring about equal opportunities for African-Americans." -- George M. Frederickson - New York Review of Books
"A gem of a book." -- David Oshinsky - The Nation
"Katznelson’s explosive analysis provides us with a new and painful understanding of how politics and race intersect." -- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
"When Affirmative Action Was White was one of the first books that helped me concretely understand how racism was embedded into federal policy." -- Clint Smith, author of Counting Descent

When Affirmative Action Was White

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      Publisher WW Norton & Co
      Published 12 September 2006
      ISBN-13 9780393328516
      978-0393328516
      ISBN-10 0393328511
      Also in:
      Social discrimination and social justice

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action.

      Trade Review
      "A fresh, highly readable, first-rate history." -- Sanford D Horowitt - San Francisco Chronicle
      "A penetrating new analysis." -- Nick Kotz - New York Times Book Review
      "Ira Katznelson has made a major contribution to the affirmative action debate…[His] book makes as strong a case as I have ever seen for vigorous action to bring about equal opportunities for African-Americans." -- George M. Frederickson - New York Review of Books
      "A gem of a book." -- David Oshinsky - The Nation
      "Katznelson’s explosive analysis provides us with a new and painful understanding of how politics and race intersect." -- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
      "When Affirmative Action Was White was one of the first books that helped me concretely understand how racism was embedded into federal policy." -- Clint Smith, author of Counting Descent

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