In addition to Elizabeth's request, I would be very interested in getting hold of some articles or ideas that you all have used to effectively respond to the (often heard) opinion of students that affirmative action programs 1) discriminate against white males, which is not right either (in their view) and 2) result in companies and agencies hiring less qualified individuals (again in their view).
I would greatly appreciate hearing about success any of you have had in responding to these perspectives, and/or any articles that might be available on this topic. Thanks, - Jan Buhrmann ========================== Jan Buhrmann, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Illinois College E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 217-245-3877 "Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." -- Albert Einstein -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Elizabeth Durden Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: TEACHSOC: Affirmative Action Hello All, Thanks again to all the great Katrina posts over the past week. I need to do some reading on affirmative action -- very broad, I know. If any of you assign readings dealing with Affirmative Action in your classes, I would appreciate your citations. I would love to get a great review piece, one that tackles not on the policy and justifications for Affirmative Action but also provides some 'measurement' of who has been assisted by the policy. As always, thanks. Elizabeth Elizabeth Durden, Ph.D. Department of Sociology and Anthropology Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837
