The Anatomy of Racial InequalitySpeaking wisely and provocatively about the political economy of race, Glenn C. Loury has become one of our most prominent black intellectuals—and, because of his challenges to the orthodoxies of both left and right, one of the most controversial. A major statement of a position developed over the past decade, this book both epitomizes and explains Loury’s understanding of the depressed conditions of so much of black society today—and the origins, consequences, and implications for the future of these conditions. |
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... admission standards . 13 If this is so , the initial belief by admissions officers — that different standards were necessary to achieve enough diversity - may have been a self - fulfilling prophecy : There may have been no difference in ...
... admissions rate for whites is about 25 percent . Getting rid of all the affirmative action is calculated to raise that rate to about 27 percent . So for every 75 whites rejected under the regime of race - preferential admissions ...
... admissions standard could either encourage or discourage effort . Notice , however , that effort is superfluous if the standard is trivially easy or impossibly difficult to meet . Lowering the standard therefore discourages effort when ...