Week 4: To-Dos

Week Four: To-Dos

Political solutions to systemic racial discrimination? Affirmative Action

• Readings
  • October 26: color-conscious vs. color-blind policies
    • Gutmann, A. "Must public policy be color blind?" Links to an external site.
    • Anderson, E. "The Imperative of Integration." Chapter 7. Links to an external site.
  • October 28: reparations and affirmative action
    • Coates, T. 2014. "The case for reparations." Links to an external site.
    • McWhorter, J. 2001. "Against reparations." Links to an external site.
  • October 30: Q&A with Dr. Khanna
    
    • Khanna, G. 2020. "Affirmative action incentivizes high schoolers to perform better, new research shows." Links to an external site.

• Videos
  • October 26 Lecture: Slides here Links to an external site..

• • October 28 Lecture: Slides here Links to an external site..

• • October 30 Q&A with Dr. Khanna.

• Assignments
  • October 26: Discussion Topic 1 opens at 12am
  • October 30: Discussion Topic 1 closes at 11.59pm