E-raamat: Race and College Admissions: A Case for Affirmative Action, 2d ed.

This book is a superb, comprehensive and compelling case for Affirmative Action. President Jamillah Moore has done an excellent job in keeping this crucial issue alive!Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary in New York Jamillah Moores Race and Admissions is a very timely book in this moment of national reckoning with racism and anti-Blackness. To understand why racially minoritized communities have accumulated only 5% of the wealth of whites we need to understand the historical roots of racism in higher education admissions. Dr. Moores book draws on history and policy to make the case for the injustice committed by white-centered definitions of merit and the perversity inherent in the elimination of affirmative action. This book provides the foundation for racially just admissions policies and practices. Our future as a democracy and racially just society is impossible without a higher education system that reflects in admissions and outcomes the racial and ethnic diversity of this country.Estela Mara Bensimon, university professor emerita, founder, Center for Urban Education, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California An incredibly astute and captivating read, Race and Admissions offers an important argument for one of higher educations most pressing racial policiesaffirmative actionand why it remains necessary.Eddie R. Cole, author of The Campus Color Line: College Presidents and the Struggle for Black Freedom As a beneficiary of affirmative action and a practitioner of its aims to amplify opportunity and college access for racialized communities, I was both inspired and riled by Dr. Moores adept and authentic treatment of this contentious, but necessary policy subject. Inspired by its impactful promise to create a more inclusive democracy in higher education and riled by our collective inability to once and for all end racism in college admissions. Dr. Moore provides a compelling rationale for race-conscious admissions and a practical roadmap for willing co-conspirators.Francisco C. Rodriguez, Ph.D., Chancellor, Los Angeles Community College District Moore's book, Race and College Admissions, is an intelligent look at why our definition of merit needs to evolve to include diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives...and yes, race matters! The demographic shifts are already here, and the leaders of the future will need to learn how to navigate a more complex world. We do our students a disserve if we fail to ensure that they learn in a diverse environment that reflect the present and the future.Dr. Linda Oubre, president of Whittier College Dr. Jamillah Moores research and dedication to scholarly excellence is bar none. She speaks from the depth of her experiences and sheds light on the historical context of what students of color have faced in Americas higher education. She is a master writer and is able to weave both storytelling and empirical evidence into her work. An impressive compilation of both thought and depth on such a critical topic.Dr. Angela Long, chief engagement officer, Tallassee Community College