I completely agree about the racism of low expectations being the most damaging. It just makes me cringe. That is why I have favored income-based affirmative action since I was an undergraduate in the late 70s.
I completely agree about the racism of low expectations being the most damaging. It just makes me cringe. That is why I have favored income-based affirmative action since I was an undergraduate in the late 70s.
Could you describe what you mean by "income based affirmative action"?
I ask because "affirmative action" (which the British sometimes more honestly and descriptively call "positive discrimination") is generally used to specifically contrast interventions based on group membership versus the needs based (or income based) interventions of a conventional welfare state. So I'm not sure if you are just using "affirmative action" in a broader sense, or if you are proposing some new hybrid policy.
I completely agree about the racism of low expectations being the most damaging. It just makes me cringe. That is why I have favored income-based affirmative action since I was an undergraduate in the late 70s.
Could you describe what you mean by "income based affirmative action"?
I ask because "affirmative action" (which the British sometimes more honestly and descriptively call "positive discrimination") is generally used to specifically contrast interventions based on group membership versus the needs based (or income based) interventions of a conventional welfare state. So I'm not sure if you are just using "affirmative action" in a broader sense, or if you are proposing some new hybrid policy.
My reply is in a separate comment. Pressed the wrong reply button!