Ending racial preferences : the Michigan story / Carol M. Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Carol M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality before the law--Michigan.

Equality before the law.

Race discrimination--Law and legislation--Michigan.

Race discrimination.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Race discrimination--Law and legislation.

United States.

Equality before the law--United States.

Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.

Michigan.

Physical Description:

xvii, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2008]

Summary:

In 2006, Michigan voters banned affirmative action preferences in public contracting, education, and employment. The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative vote was preceded by years of campaigning, legal maneuvers, and debate. Ending Racial Preferences: The Michigan Story relates what happened from the vantage point of Toward A Fair Michigan (TAFM), which provided a civic forum for the discussion of preferences. The book describes how TAFM fostered dialogue by emphasizing education over indoctrination, reason over rhetoric, and civil debate over protest. It also analyzes similar initiatives in California, Florida, Washington state, and Houston, Texas. Readers are invited to decide for themselves whether preferences are good for America by evaluating the pro and con arguments from TAFM debates that are presented.

Contents:

What came before

Creating a fair Michigan-part I : the ballot petition process

Creating a fair Michigan-part II: the election campaigns

The debates: a sample dialogue

"Ask the experts" : questions from the debates

What followed?

Moving from diversity to inclusion : the way forward / William B. Allen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-407) and index.

ISBN:

9780739124338

0739124331

OCLC:

212018192