Race and Representation: Affirmative Action

Abstract

Part 1: introduction - after Bakke, Robert Post the racial rhetoric of colourblind constitutionalism - the case of Hopwood versus Texas, Reva B. Siegel the two declarations of American independence, Michael Rogin group preferences, cultural diversity, and social democracy -notes toward a theory of affirmative action, David A. Hollinger individual fairness, group preferences, and the California strategy, Troy Duster is affirmative action a Christian heresy? J. Jorge Kior de Alva an affirmative view, Judith Butler empowerment hazards -affirmative action, recovery psychology, and identity politics, Michel Feher the regents on race and diversity - representations and reflections, Marianne Constable Warhol paints history, or race in America, anne M. Wagner camouflaging race and gender, Barbara T. Christian diversity of what? Miranda Oshige McGowan unrepresented, Rachel F. Moran situating Asian Americans in the political discourse on affirmative action, Michael Omi and Dana Y. Takagi California's collision of race and class, Richard Walker casuistry, Cass R. Sunstein. Part 2: affirmative action and epistemology, James Robert Brown a liberal defense of affirmative action, George M. Fredrickson how affirmative action can (and cannot) work well, Amy Gutmann affirmative action as culture war, Jennifer Hochschild the strange career of affirmative action, David L. Kirp maintaining diversity at the University of Texas, David Montejano self-defeating identities, Daniel R. Ortiz affirmative action, Frances Fox Piven a personal perspective on affirmative action, Chang-Lin Tien humility and the curse of injustice, Jeremy Waldron affirmative action - psychology meets sociology, Alan Wolfe affirmative action - a long-range perspective, Howard Zinn SP-1 - resolution of the University of California board of regent adopting a policy ensuring equal treatment of admissions proposition 209 - text of proposed law AAUP commission on governance and affirmative action policy.