Cultural Wars & Blacks in American Society

Kelly notes that the idea of culture has never disappeared from the sociological debate about the underclass, and many have claimed to know what the true black culture is really like and how it has affected that community. He cites John Langston Gwaltney as one who understands that there really is a core black cultural identity and that it is marked by a "deep-rooted sense of community, common history, and collective recognition that there is an African American culture and a 'black' way of doing things regardless of the origins of a particular recipe, or the roots of a particular religion or Christian

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rmative action programs "in the guise of supporting a 'color-blind' society": Anyone seriously concerned about the labor movement and building multiracial unity must recognize the fundamental role racism has played in destroying internationalism. Anti-immigrant sentiment, for instance, is not just about class anger . . . It is about dark people, whether wetbacks or some invisible Pacific Rim empire run by sneaky Orientals (120). The argument over affirmative action in American society has indeed developed into an argument about America's dedication to the concept of equality. Any form of discrimination is seen as counter to the idea of equality, and while affirmative action has been designed as a program to eliminate and offer redress for discrimination, opponents have defined affirmative action as reverse discrimination and so raised the issue of equality in a different way. As America has shown through its history more and more how highly it values the ideal of equality, it has asserted in a number of ways the importance for each individual of developing their interests and powers to the full. American support for education, and specifically for an affordable education extended to all and including college and graduate s
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