... with which I most certainly agree. In South Bronx Rising, Jill Jonnes provides us with historical examples of the positive influence similarly constructed coalitions have exerted at the local level. Having identified the primary obstacles to multiracial coalition building, the second part of the book is devoted to an examination of potential remedies. The author exhorts black leaders ... of the effectiveness of multiracial coalitions in addressing issues of local concern. However, I am uncertain that at this time these initiatives are applicable on a national level. Unifying and mobiliz...

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... than those job applicants who did -- even better than the average applicant before affirmative action. A more appropriate attempt at eliminating racial disparities would be to begin at the grass-roots level, slowing building social infrastructures and improving the quality of education in minority communities. Affirmative action, on the other hand, will slowly increase the gap between those who do and do ... ...

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