Presenting a vivid pageant of historical characters including Thurgood Marshall, Martin
Luther King, Jr., Earl Warren, Anita Hill, and Clarence Thomas, Ogletree discusses the …

David Rusk, former Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has observed that" bad
neighborhoods defeat good programs". This paper identifies the underlying causes of bad …

Hutchison argues that pressures on schools associated with declining budgets, competing
ideologies, and economic/technological shifts have the potential to radically alter the …

Racial profiling has emerged as a highly contentious practice in a range of social settings.
This article examines the role of racial profiling in the property insurance industry and how …

Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction The Sociological Perspective In this
introduction, we discuss the roots of conventional wisdom. We also contrast such knowledge …

Within the United States, the underrepresentation of historically underserved student groups
continues to be a phenomenon in gifted and talented (GT) programs. In a phenomenological …

African Americans, compared to Whites, are starkly underrepresented in scientific and
technological professions, are especially reluctant to participate as research subjects, and …

The urgency of developing workable race-neutral admissions strategies that maximize the
benefits of student diversity has increased. This practical guide offers: concrete …

Racial discrimination in the nation's housing markets and patterns of residential segregation
have contributed to labor market inequalities and economic disparities generally. Housing …

Increased choice about which public school to attend is advocated by policy makers as a
strategy for urban education reform and for improving school quality (Fuller & Elmore, 1996) …