A Long History of Affirmative Action--For Whites


	A Long History of Affirmative Action--For Whites

dmegivern

8-1-2007 6:25 PM

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affirmative action, employment, slavery

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This article really puts privilege in perspective.

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8-2-2007 9:25 AM

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Economists who try to place a dollar value on how much white Americans have profited from 200 years of unpaid slave labor, including interest, begin their estimates at $1 trillion.

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