When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
Ira Katznelson
Aug 2016 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Jonathan Yen
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In this "penetrating new analysis" (New York Times Book Review) Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of twentieth-century American history and demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s were created in a deeply discriminatory manner. Through mechanisms designed by Southern Democrats that specifically excluded maids and farm workers, the gap between blacks and whites actually widened despite postwar prosperity. In the words of noted historian Eric Foner, "Katznelson's incisive book should change the terms of debate about affirmative action, and about the last seventy years of American history."
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EvilHates Truth
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April 22, 2021
Lies lies look up,S 0I ut re a ns.Also we been here and look up wh lt e SI a v er y.
Brandon Burgh
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May 20, 2019
great book with alot of insights of how ados got screwed from the new deal & civil rights act!
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Ira Katznelson is Columbia University's Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History. Having served as president of the American Political Science Association, he is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He is also the author of Fear Itself.
Jonathan Yen was inspired by the Golden Age of Radio, and he's carried that inspiration through to commercial work, voice acting, and stage productions. From vintage Howard Fast science fiction to naturalist Paul Rosolie's true adventures in the Amazon, Jonathan loves to tell a good story.
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