Who's Qualified?

by Lani Guinier, Susan Sturm, Susan Sturm

Book Overview

Affirmative action originated as a plan to correct the historical disadvantage of women and people of color-to make the system more fair. Yet, for over twenty years, it has been repeatedly attacked for being unfair to whites, and even un-American.

Guinier and Sturm begin with a critique of affirmative action as it stands now, arguing that a system of selection that determines 'qualification' from test scores and then adds on factors like race...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807043354
• ISBN13: 9780807043356
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.0"