... no longer be overlooked. The assault on affirmative action is gathering strength from a slow-growth economy, stagnant middle-class incomes and cooperate downsizing, all of which make the question of who gets hired or fired more volatile. Of course with the growing assault comes the increasing defense. ... , should be let us) assume further that the ratio holds across occupational categories, so that one out of ten white men in managerial and professional jobs believes he was unfairly held back by a black or Hispanic colleagues promotion. Blacks and Hispanics make up ... racial and gender...

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