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Affirming Disadvantage

The old rationales for racial preferences in admissions no longer make any sense. It’s time for enlightened America to hit the reset button.

Published on: June 28, 2018
John McWhorter teaches linguistics, philosophy, American Studies, and music history at Columbia University. His most recent book is Talking Back, Talking Black (Bellevue Literary Press, 2017).
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