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The ground-breaking, provocative ( The New York Times Book Review) work that exposed the racially discriminatory precursors of affirmative action, now updated with a new introduction

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"A fresh, highly readable, first-rate history." -- Sanford D. Horowitt - The San Francisco Chronicle
"A penetrating new analysis." -- Nick Kotz - The New York Times Book Review
"Katznelson’s explosive analysis provides us with a new and painful understanding of how politics and race intersect." -- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
"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 - The New York Review of Books

When Affirmative Action Was White

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    A Paperback / softback by Ira Katznelson

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: 03/03/2023
      ISBN13: 9781324051084, 978-1324051084
      ISBN10: 1324051086
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      Ethnic groups and multicultural studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The ground-breaking, provocative ( The New York Times Book Review) work that exposed the racially discriminatory precursors of affirmative action, now updated with a new introduction

      Trade Review
      "A fresh, highly readable, first-rate history." -- Sanford D. Horowitt - The San Francisco Chronicle
      "A penetrating new analysis." -- Nick Kotz - The New York Times Book Review
      "Katznelson’s explosive analysis provides us with a new and painful understanding of how politics and race intersect." -- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
      "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 - The New York Review of Books

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