Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen L. Carter
- First Published: 1991
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Current affairs
- Subjects: African Americans, United States or Americans, Race, Middle classes, Prejudices or antipathies, Poverty or poor people, Law or legislation, Conservatism, Sociology, Dissent or dissenters
The Work
The publication of Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby in 1991 announced the arrival of Stephen Carter as a key figure in a new generation of African American intellectuals. In this book, as in his other publications, Carter uses the example of his life to reflect upon the contradictions inherent in preferential college admission and hiring policies. These contradictions, according to Carter, have allowed him and other middle-class black professionals to enter prestigious universities and assume significant professional positions but they have also branded...
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