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Affirmative Action Still Falls Short: Term Paper
Pages:6 (1806 words)
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Subject:Literature
Topic:Savage Inequalities
Document Type:Term Paper
Document:#31297388
Unfortunately, at least according to the literature researched here, these are neither sufficiently addressed nor remedied, in most cases, by affirmative action alone at the post-secondary level.
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Works Cited
Bowen, William G., and Bok, Derrick. The Shape of the River: Long-term
Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions.
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1998.
Comer, J. And Poussaint, Alvin. Black Child Care. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975.
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