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Article: NOTES OF A RACIAL CASTE BABY: COLOR BLINDNESS AND THE END OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.(Review)
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- Black Issues in Higher Education
- Article date:
- August 5, 1999
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NOTES OF A RACIAL CASTE BABY: COLOR BLINDNESS AND THE END OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION By Bryan K. Fair, New York University Press, 1999 New York City 276 Pages Paperback: $17.95
Professor Bryan K. Fair is to be commended for the novel approach he has taken in presenting a subject that has plagued this country since days of slavery: White privilege as juxtaposed to Black caste.
In "Part One: A Personal Narrative," Fair carefully tells the story of his upbringing in predominantly Black Columbus, Ohio, as one of 10 children of a single mother. Living in places that had no heat also serve as an integral part of his upbringing. In his personal narrative, Fair not ...