The death of affirmative action? : racialized framing and the fight against racial preference in college admissions / J. Scott Carter and Cameron D. Lippard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, J. Scott (Sociology teacher), author.

Lippard, Cameron D., author.

Series:

Sociology of diversity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minority college students--Recruiting--United States.

Minority college students.

Universities and colleges--United States--Admission.

Universities and colleges.

Affirmative action programs in education.

Minority college students--Recruiting.

United States.

Affirmative action programs in education--United States.

Universities and colleges--Admission.

Physical Description:

x, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Affirmative action in college admissions has been a polarizing policy since its inception, decried by some as unfairly biased and supported by others as a necessary corrective to institutionalized inequality. In recent years, the protected status of affirmative action has become uncertain, as legal challenges chip away at its foundations. This book looks through a sociological lens at both the history of affirmative action and its increasingly tenuous future. J. Scott Carter and Cameron D. Lippard first survey how and why so-called "colorblind" rhetoric was originally used to frame affirmative action and promote a political ideology. The authors then provide detailed examinations of a host of recent Supreme Court cases that have sought to threaten or undermine it. Carter and Lippard analyze why the arguments of these challengers have successfully influenced widespread changes in attitude toward affirmative action, concluding that the discourse and arguments over these policies are yet more unfortunate manifestations of the quest to preserve the racial status quo in the United States.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

2. Affirmative Action and Higher Education

3. Race, the Affirmative Action Debate, Education, and Past Court Cases

4. Who is Fighting the Fight?

5. Case Study 1: The Gratz/Grutter Supreme Court Cases against the University of Michigan

6. Case Study 2: The Fisher Supreme Court Cases against the University of Texas at Austin

7. Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-214) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Carter, J. Scott (Sociology teacher). Death of affirmative action?

ISBN:

9781529201116

152920111X

OCLC:

1144719556