If you're going to compare a middle-income black kid with a middle- income white kid, and, say, you control for family background, family education, and family income, and if this middle-income black kid doesn't score as well as the white kid on the test, then I say, look, you haven't taken into consideration the cumulative effect of living in a segregated neighborhood and going to a de facto segregated school. You're denying a position at Harvard or some other place to a kid that really could make it. That's why I support affirmative action that's based on both class and race.
The middle class has just fallen further and further behind the rich. - William Julius Wilson
The middle class has just fallen further and further behind the rich.
- William Julius Wilson
During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in so… - William Julius Wilson
During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in so…
There is a tendency to want to treat blacks as a monolithic socioeconomic group. - William Julius Wilson
There is a tendency to want to treat blacks as a monolithic socioeconomic group.
Crime, family dissolution, welfare, and low levels of social organization are fundamentally a consequence of the disappearance of work. - William Julius Wilson
Crime, family dissolution, welfare, and low levels of social organization are fundamentally a consequence of the disappearance of work.
Prior to 1940, the affluent and the middle class began to converge, but after 1979, the economic gap between the middle class and affluent widened si… - William Julius Wilson
Prior to 1940, the affluent and the middle class began to converge, but after 1979, the economic gap between the middle class and affluent widened si…
Black employers are just as negative as the white employers concerning inner-city workers. - William Julius Wilson
Black employers are just as negative as the white employers concerning inner-city workers.
My research clearly reveals that if we want to put inner-city workers to work immediately, we just can't rely on the private sector. They don't want … - William Julius Wilson
My research clearly reveals that if we want to put inner-city workers to work immediately, we just can't rely on the private sector. They don't want …
But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measu… - William Julius Wilson
But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measu…
Liberals were intimidated by the Reagan administration and did not want to appear naive by talking about programs that called for government support.… - William Julius Wilson
Liberals were intimidated by the Reagan administration and did not want to appear naive by talking about programs that called for government support.…
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