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Title: In Defense of Affirmative Action by Barbara R. Bergmann, Barbara Bergman ISBN: 0-465-09834-7 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Deeply troubling
Comment: I am a great and consistent supporter of A.A. However, as an Indian-American, I have seen serious problems which A.A. presents to Asian-Americans, which economically and educationally priviledged white women pay lip service to but do not confront directly. As a feminist I found most of Bergman's book compelling. Nevertheless, she is so glib in speaking of 'women and minorities', conceptually in tandem, that she feeds the stereotyping conducted by conservative critics of the Left's position on A.A. At some point we, as women of all races, have to confront the genuine problems of classism within the ranks of feminism, especially the white feminist elite. Prop 209 could have been defeated in California, were it not for middleclass white women pre empting the much more urgent protests conducted by minorities. 'Women and minorities' is a useful construct, particularly when addressing political unfairness. But Affirmative Action should *never* be an excuse for the feminist elite (especially academic feminists, who hardly speak for all of us!) to use discrimination as a soap box for their own interests. White women, as well as Asian-American women, are well represented as students in most of prestigious academia; it is in teaching jobs that there are still problems of representation.
Rating: 2
Summary: Specious arguments and omitted ones
Comment: I must agree with the Nashville reviewer. I'm constantly floored by the reference (only ocasional, which itself raises questions) to "legacy" preferences. These are wrong, wrong, wrong. (If anything, an applicant with parents who attended that university -- especially a prestigious private one -- should be held to a *higher* standard. They'd damn well *better* do well, given their myriad advantages in life.)
Overall, not a terribly convincing book, and I did try to read it in the spirit of being convinced.
Rating: 4
Summary: One of the best for her side of the argument
Comment: This book is a must read for those preparing to defend affirmative action. If you are anti-AA, I suggest you read this, you might find some of your previous conclusions reversed. In all, a good analytical study and conclusion on what AA is and should be.
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Title: Ending Affirmative Action: The Case for Colorblind Justice by Terry Eastland ISBN: 0465013899 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Affirmative Action Debate by George E. Curry, Cornel West ISBN: 020147963X Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.50 |
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Title: Affirmative Action: Social Justice or Reverse Discrimination? (Contemporary Issues Series) by Francis J. Beckwith, Todd E. Jones ISBN: 1573921572 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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