When Affirmative Action Was White - by Ira Katznelson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In this "penetrating new analysis" (<i>New York Times Book Review</i>) 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."</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>When Affirmative Action Was White</i> was one of the first books that helped me concretely understand how racism was embedded into federal policy.--Clint Smith, author of Counting Descent<br><br>Ira Katznelson has made a major contribution to the affirmative action debate...[His] book makes as strong a case as I have ever seen for vigorous action to bring about equal opportunities for African-Americans.--George M. Frederickson<br><br>Katznelson's explosive analysis provides us with a new and painful understanding of how politics and race intersect.--Henry Louis Gates Jr.<br><br>A fresh, highly readable, first-rate history.--Sanford D Horowitt<br><br>A gem of a book.--David Oshinsky<br><br>A penetrating new analysis.--Nick Kotz<br>
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