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When Affirmative Action Was White

An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America

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When Affirmative Action Was White

By: Ira Katznelson
Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
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In this "penetrating new analysis" (New York Times Book Review), Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of 20th century American history and demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s were created in a deeply discriminatory manner. Through mechanisms designed by southern democrats that specifically excluded maids and farm workers, the gap between blacks and whites actually widened despite postwar prosperity. In the words of noted historian Eric Foner, "Katznelson's incisive book should change the terms of debate about affirmative action, and about the last 70 years of American history.”

©2005 Ira Katznelson (P)2016 Tantor Americas Racism & Discrimination Social Sciences United States Discrimination American History Socialism Capitalism Equality Social justice Democrat Suffrage Human Rights

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"[An] intriguing study" ( Publishers Weekly)
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