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A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That Affirmative Action Goals for Minorities and Women Should Be Abolished-Part I
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Item Title A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That Affirmative Action Goals for Minorities and Women Should Be Abolished-Part I
Guest Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Guest Reynolds, William Bradford
Guest Lichtman, Judith L.
Guest Pendleton, Clarence M.
Guest Greenberg, Jack
Guest Berry, Mary Frances
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Moderator Clyburn, James
Date CreatedOctober 13, 1983
Description

Plenty of fireworks on this one, not always tempered by a shared assumption of good will. CMP: "The remedy for discrimination is not the practice of more discrimination ... The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was not passed so that we could discriminate against whites." ... MFB: "We all know the sad history of slavery, which was the last time blacks had full employment." ... WBR: "It is not only hypocritical, it is sheer nonsense to maintain that we can end discrimination by utilizing the race-conscious tools of the discriminator, using race to get beyond racism." ... JG: "The cancer of racism is the most serious social problem facing America today.... It has placed blacks in a disadvantaged position, with 60 per cent [of the] median income of whites and double the unemployment rate. The only bright spot in the racial picture is affirmative action."

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Place RecordedColumbia, South Carolina, United States
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
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Hoover IDProgram S0569
Record Number80040.813
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