Civil Rights: Rhetoric Or Reality?Written on the the 20th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of l964, Sowell examines what has been done and is being done in the name of civil rights. Discussing the underlying vision of the civil rights movement, he argues that the movement has moved from the fight to win fundamental rights to win entitlements of those they consider victims of discrimination. Probing into familiar racial issues and women's issues, he believes that what underprivileged Americans need more than special programs and transfer payments is an increased absorption of middle-class values, emphasizing work and frugality; and that more resources from government will do little to affect high rates of illegitimacy, low rates of educational achievement and of participation in the labor force and other ills of the black minority. ISBN 0-688-03113-7 : $11.95. |
Contents
The Civil Rights Vision | 13 |
From Equal Opportunity | 37 |
From School Desegregation | 61 |
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