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When Affirmative Action Was White
September 22, 2005
Ira Katznelson professor, political science, history, Columbia

Ira Katznelson discusses how racism and Jim Crow imposed themselves on the key social policies of the New Deal and the Fair Deal, and asks what the consequences are for America today.

History | Politics & Public Affairs
Affirmative Action | Jim Crow | Racial Inequality | racism | social policy | Race
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Image of When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
Author: Ira Katznelson
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 272 pages
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Author: Ira Katznelson, Andreas Kalyvas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 200 pages
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Author: Ira Katznelson
Publisher: Columbia University Press (2004)
Binding: Paperback, 208 pages
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Author: Ira Katznelson
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (1982)
Binding: Paperback, 286 pages
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Author: Alan Draper, Mark Kesselman, Ira Katznelson
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 360 pages
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Author: Ira Katznelson
Publisher: Princeton University Press (1998)
Binding: Paperback, 212 pages
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