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Article: White men and affirmative action: a conversation. (four white graduate male students of University of California, the 'White Guys Collective,' discuss the role of white men in the retention of affirmative action policies)(Reconfiguring Power: Challenges for the 21st Century)
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- Social Justice
- Article date:
- June 22, 1997
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In July 1995, the Regents of the University of California (U.C.) voted to eliminate affirmative action policies for job applicants and student admissions. Since the decision, the University of Texas and other state schools and governments have considered and sometimes approved similar legislation. Due to its size and stature, U.C. is a magnet for policy experimentation, and the Regents' decision has resounding effects for all concerned with equity and access to education.
Usually conspicuously silent in the fight against the decision, white men are often at the forefront of reverse discrimination campaigns. All white men, however, do not support the Regents' ...