The Underclass Question

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Bill E. Lawson
Temple University Press, 1992 - African Americans - 214 pages
 

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MEDITATIONS ON INTEGRATION
1
THE UNDERCLASS AND THE RACECLASS ISSUE
19
AGENCY AND THE CONCEPT OF THE UNDERCLASS
33
THE BLACK UNDERCLASS AND THE QUESTION OF VALUES
57
MAROONED IN AMERICA BLACK URBAN YOUTH CULTURE AND SOCIAL PATHOLOGY
71
UPLIFTING THE RACE MIDDLECLASS BLACKS AND THE TRULY DISADVANTAGED
90
LEGAL RIGHTS FOR POOR BLACKS
117
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND THE URBAN UNDERCLASS
140
SOCIAL POLICY ETHICAL LIFE AND THE URBAN UNDERCLASS
152
PHILOSOPHY AND THE URBAN UNDERCLASS
191
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
205
INDEX
207
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