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ERIC Number: EJ532353
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Houston, Paul
Phi Delta Kappan, v78 n2 p124-26 Oct 1996
Selfishness has spawned a new breed of racism, driven by fear, fed by scarcity, and manifested through economic imperatives. California's Proposition 187 and Herrnstein and Murray's book "The Bell Curve" are built on racist foundations. Our current obsession with race is driven by an economy and an elitist social system that is dismantling the American Dream. (MLH)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, American Dream, Competition, Democracy, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Elitism, Immigration, Intelligence, Poverty, Public Policy, Racial Bias, Social Problems, State Legislation
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bell Curve (Herrnstein and Murray); California; Scarcity; Selfishness