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When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America | Ira Katznelson

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A study on the lesser-known origins of affirmative action argues that key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s were purposefully discriminatory, revealing how Southern democrats widened the gap between black and white Americans through specific restrictions in social security, the GI bill, and landmark labor laws. Reprint.

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When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America | Ira Katznelson

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When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America | Ira Katznelson

Feeling a sudden urge to re-read this wonderfully insightful book. 😐

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When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America | Ira Katznelson

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Focusing on the New Deal programs and post-WWII GI Bill, the author discusses how Southern politicians hijacked programs with the intent of excluding African Americans, leading to the large disparity in wealth. Short read at less than 200 pages.

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