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...blacks, both among white onlookers and, even more perniciously, in the minds of black achievers themselves; 3) the primary fruits of affirmative action, from admission, into prestige law schools to entry onto the corporate fast track, have been harvested mostly by middle-class blacks rather than members of the underclass. In sum, according to this view, affirmative action has succeeded at getting more black people into better jobs but has often failed to achieve the goal of fostering a more equal society...
During the same period, Edsall argues persuasively, the Democratic leadership refused to face the political implications of the emerging black underclass. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, as a Johnson adviser in 1965, had the prescience to describe the "tangle of pathology" resulting from the breakdown of ghetto family life. But many liberals denounced his analysis as racist. In failing to address unpleasant realities, the Democrats handed conservatives harsh symbols -- from Reagan's "welfare queen" to the Bush campaign's Willie Horton -- with which to stoke white fury...
...mental disorder. No responsible therapist would make such a diagnosis without extensive personal contact with a patient, and certainly no journalist is qualified to do so. Moreover, many of the nation's leading black thinkers are expressing growing doubts about the ability of affirmative action to help the underclass...
...larkish wit and edgy camaraderie of the Beatles' first film, A Hard Day's Night, to which it might serve as a prequel: a kid on the dole (Robert Arkins) organizes a fledgling group devoted to covering '60s rhythm-and-blues songs. How fervently these members of the Irish underclass wish to be black! And how it must have tempted Parker, who in his recent films (Mississippi Burning, Come See the Paradise) has told America what to think about racial issues, to insert a lecture during the break. Here, though, the big drama is whether soul survivor Wilson Pickett will...
Salerno and the garage owners, who apparently faced rising disgruntlement from the underclass they had created, reached a new contract in 1989 that began to treat all workers as union members. But there was a major catch: the new contract designated two classes of employees, "A" workers and "B" workers. The lower class consisted of those who had made no recorded contributions to the local's health and pension plans during the previous three years. They could now legally be paid just $6 an hour, or $240 a week, about half the amount that "A" workers received. In essence, says...