The Meaning of Difference: American Constructions of Race, Sex and Gender, Social Class, and Sexual OrientationA collection of readings that offers an integrated and comparative examination of contemporary American constructions of race, sex, social class and sexual orientation. Instead of focusing on victimization and oppression, the book covers the positive aspects of being a member of a particular group. |
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... legacy preference last year . Departing Harvard President Derek Bok patiently explained that the legacy preference worked only as a " tie - breaking factor " between otherwise equally qualified can- didates . Since Ivy League admissions ...
... legacy preference last year . Departing Harvard President Derek Bok patiently explained that the legacy preference worked only as a " tie - breaking factor " between otherwise equally qualified can- didates . Since Ivy League admissions ...
Page 210
... preferences is fashionable in the world of competitive colleges , bitching about legacies is just plain gauche , sug- gesting an unhealthy resentment of the privileged . But the effects of the legacy trickle down . For every legacy that ...
... preferences is fashionable in the world of competitive colleges , bitching about legacies is just plain gauche , sug- gesting an unhealthy resentment of the privileged . But the effects of the legacy trickle down . For every legacy that ...
Page 213
... admissions , but it attributes their misfortune to favoritism for blacks and Hispanics . What about legacy university favori- tism - a much bigger factor ? Salient writers have twice endorsed it . What's most surprising is the ...
... admissions , but it attributes their misfortune to favoritism for blacks and Hispanics . What about legacy university favori- tism - a much bigger factor ? Salient writers have twice endorsed it . What's most surprising is the ...
Contents
He Hit Her | 96 |
Whiteness as an Unmarked Cultural | 136 |
of Visibility Rose B Pascarell | 193 |
Copyright | |
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