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The Politics of Stereotype: Psychology and Affirmative Action: 47

2023-04-25 分类：心理学

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The Politics of Stereotype: Psychology and Affirmative Action: 47 (International Contributions in Psychology)

Author(s): Moises F. Salinas (Author)

  • Publisher: Praeger (UK)
  • Publication Date: 30 Oct. 2003
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 152 pages
  • ISBN-10: 9780313323966
  • ISBN-13: 0313323968

Book Description

Affirmative Action was initially an emergency stop-gap measure to resolve a serious and immediate problem. As such, like most temporary corrective measures, it was imperfect: the guidelines vague and definition unclear, with a misguided understanding of merit. Stereotypes have not disappeared from American society. Prejudice has been transformed from overt actions in the 1950s to more subtle and indirect forms that are still prevalent. Salinas shows us that a long-term program is needed to solve the problem of inequality, not just compensate for it.

Affirmative Action was originally needed to deal with disparities – social, economic, political and educational – in America. What is needed is a new, long-term program to attack the root causes of inequality and prejudice. Salinas believes the quest to end disparity in this country must begin with educational reform, abandoning an antiquated educational model designed to serve an emerging industrial society and based on the values of the dominant white class of the time. He applies empirical evidence to reach policy conclusions moving beyond our current Affirmative Action.

Editorial Reviews

Review

?[A] clearly written summary of affirmative action–varying definitions, myths, executive orders, and contending assumptions of the arguments, pro and con….Recommended. Especially for studies in social psychology; upper-division undergraduates and above.?-Choice

“ÝA¨ clearly written summary of affirmative action–varying definitions, myths, executive orders, and contending assumptions of the arguments, pro and con….Recommended. Especially for studies in social psychology; upper-division undergraduates and above.”-Choice

“[A] clearly written summary of affirmative action–varying definitions, myths, executive orders, and contending assumptions of the arguments, pro and con….Recommended. Especially for studies in social psychology; upper-division undergraduates and above.”-Choice

About the Author

MOISES F. SALINAS is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Central Connecticut State University.

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