Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-251) and index.
Contents
Introduction : a celebration of the few -- Skimming the top : how money rises above merit -- Crossing Eight Mile : how the rich deny education to the poor -- Putting out fires : the origins of college affirmative action -- The golden pipeline : profiting from preferences -- Collegiate divisions : the volatile mix on campuses -- Assault from the right : affirmative action under attack -- By any means necessary : Black voices fight to be heard -- Breaching walls : the uprising of the excluded -- The diversity dodge : fuzzy research to the rescue -- Supreme reckoning : the changing legal landscape -- The worried White House : Bush faces an American dilemma -- Voices from on high : the establishment speaks -- Affirmative action affirmed : the Supreme Court grants a reprieve -- The struggle continues : democracy rears its head.
