Book section · January 1, 2023
In this chapter, stratification economics provides a vehicle for analyzing attitudes toward affirmative action. The chapter begins with a historical example of an American politician who relied on racial tension and the fears of the dominant group to garne ...
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Book section · January 1, 2022
This chapter examines W. E. B. Du Bois’s views regarding claims for reparations for Black Americans descendants of persons enslaved in the United States, deriving from the multigenerational impact of slavery, legal segregation, and ongoing discrimination a ...
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Book section · January 1, 2019
Since at least the early twentieth century, U.S. housing polices have consistently promoted homeownership. While historically homeownership has been a significant source of wealth for many non-Hispanic Whites, this has not been the case for most Blacks, du ...
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Book section · January 1, 2017
This chapter review the burden of acting white hypothesis, describes the current debate, and uses interview data from eight secondary schools in North Carolina to assess the hypothesis. It finds that a burden of acting white exists for some black students, ...
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Book section · September 25, 2015
An analysis of the energy crisis in the United States is advanced that draws upon Marxist dialectical materialism. The character of U.S. energy policy is explained as the outcome of the interplay of a young, newly powerful managerial class and the older, s ...
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Book section · 2012
Over 35 years ago, Barbara Bergmann (1971) hypothesized that labor market discrimination against black males is manifest in a "crowding" effect, which results in lower earnings. White employers' refusal to hire blacks in certain occupations forces them to ...
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Book section · January 1, 2012
Over 35 years ago, Barbara Bergmann (1971) hypothesized that labor market discrimination against black males is manifest in a "crowding" effect, which results in lower earnings. White employers' refusal to hire blacks in certain occupations forces them to ...
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Book section · July 8, 2009
Examines the empirical relationship between residential segregation in a metropolitan area and racial wage disparities in the same metropolitan area; details the correlation between loan denial rates and racial wage disparities in MSAs and accounts for com ...
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Book section · July 8, 2009
Reviews how educational inequities are no longer solely shaped by residential segregation but are increasingly based on diff erential access to quality instruction and curricula within schools, selectively determined by race. Eff ective alternatives includ ...
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Book section · January 1, 2008
This chapter contains section titled: Economic Disparities: Causes and Trends The Widening of the Racial Earnings Gap Directions for Future Research Conclusion. ...
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Book section · January 1, 2006
Maynard Keynes did not tend to look backward. Instead of continuously resurrecting positions he had taken at earlier stages of his intellectual development as an economist, his inclination was to layout his latest position in an entirely new work. Perhaps ...
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