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Article: Equity management: affirmative action for the 21st century.
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- March 1, 1993
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Derrick Bell's latest book, Faces at the Bottom of the Well (1992), provokes deep thought about the pervasiveness of racism in our society, coming as it does from a man many consider to be a pre-eminent legal authority on civil rights. His nearapocalyptic vision pictures, once again, the need to address actively the roots of racism and sexism in our society. For those who think that current gains are enough, he re-emphasizes the continuing need for affirmative action, one of the most important--and beleaguered-- concepts higher education must address. Affirmative action has been a source of inspiration and direction for some and a bane to others since its creation and the ...