When Affirmative Action Was White

By Ira Katznelson

Subjects: African americans--economic conditions, Conditions economiques, Whites, history, Rassendiskriminierung, Racism, Politics and government, Droit, Affirmative action programs--united states--history--20th century, African americans--legal status, laws, etc--history--20th century, African americans, history, Whites, African Americans, B urgerrecht, White people, Race discrimination--history, Johnson, lyndon b. (lyndon baines), 1908-1973, Droits, African americans--economic conditions--20th century, Affirmative action programs, Programmes d'action positive, Politique et gouvernement, Histoire, African americans--civil rights--history--20th century, African americans--legal status, laws, etc--history, Whites--civil rights--united states--history--20th century, Whites--civil rights--history, Blancs, E185.61 .k354 2005, Economic conditions, African americans, civil rights, Relations raciales, Pens ee politique et sociale, Race discrimination, 323.1197/073/00904, Race discrimination--united states--history--20th century, Civil rights, Noirs am ericains, History, United states, race relations, Discrimination raciale, African americans--civil rights--history, Affirmative action programs--history, African americans, economic conditions, Race relations, Political and social viewsjohnson, lyndon b. (lyndon baines) , 1908-1973, Legal status, laws, African americans, legal status, laws, etc., Political and social views

Description: Many mid 20th century American government programs created to help citizens survive and improve ended up being heavily biased against African-Americans. Katznelson documents this white affirmative action, and argues that its existence should be an important part of the argument in support of late 20th century affirmative action programs.