We need to ensure more Americans can access the socioeconomic springboard that is higher-level education, write fmlappe and Graham Backman.
—schools that create the diversity in universities that was long the goal of affirmative action.
To achieve racial and economic justice, let us seize the sad death of affirmative action to motivate enlarging educational opportunities for all. We will then no longer fail the poorest Americans of all races.Frances Moore Lappé Frances Moore Lappé is the author of 20 books, beginning with the acclaimed"Diet for a Small Planet." Most recently she is the co-author, with Adam Eichen, of the new book,"Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want." Among her numerous previous books are"EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want" and"Democracy's Edge: Choosing to Save Our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life.
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