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Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Who Are the Enemies of Affirmative Action? Gerald Horne, 1980
19 Jul 2023
The enemies of affirmative action programs are not just slick conservatives and vulgar racists, but also greasy liberals, argues Gerald Horne. And their efforts to dismantle such programs began as…
Jacqueline Luqman
The History Of Affirmative Action Exposes Its Reactionary Weaknesses
12 Jul 2023
Affirmative action began as a reparations program but ends as a "diversity" project which barely benefits Black people.
Austin Cole
Beyond Affirmative Action, Toward Black Unity
05 Jul 2023
The recent Supreme Court decision which banned the use of race as a criterion for college admissions is indeed racist. The decision also obscures the need for Black unity and for a new Black politics…
Horace G. Campbell
The United States Military, White Supremacy, and Affirmative Action
05 Jul 2023
The recent Supreme Court ruling which bans affirmative action as an admissions' criteria does not apply to the military academies. White elites are secure in their advantages while the military…