My blog post on affirmative action was recently included as a chapter in a book. The book, “Issues That Concern You: Discrimination,” was published by Greenhaven Press in December, 2007. It is the first time that something that I have written has been published in a book. The book has a hardcover and yes, it is on my desk at this very moment! I am giddy with excitement.
The post (and now book chapter!) was originally written for an assignment in a philosophy class at Oregon State University. The class, Ethics of Diversity, was/is taught by Lani Roberts. I am grateful for everything that she has taught me. Thanks Lani.
More photos of Issues That Concern You: Discrimination are after the jump…
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This is so exciting Stoller
Congratulations Eric!
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Nice job, Eric. Cool stuff.
Wow! Reading this is like reliving our gym conversations.
Congrats!
Congratulations, Eric! Well done. Keep kickin ass out there.
Aww yeah! That’s what I’m talking about! Congrats Eric!
Neato. Congrats!
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Congrats man - very cool!
Way to go, Stoller! Love the post…Check that! Love the CHAPTER:)!
Your icon status just continues to grow. I’m proud to know you.
Hmmm (searching for something original to say) … CONGRATULATIONS!
And from the looks of the other chapters visible in the picture of the table of contents, it’s a pretty interesting collection, too!
Way to go Stoller! The book sells for $33.70 on Amazon . . . so what’s your take? Royalties?
That’s awesome
Were you asked if they could use it before it was published? Amazing…
I was just thinking of you and your blog today. Bernie (our instructor from Multicultural Competence) works at UWT now. He says hello.
Hope you are well! I’m glad to see you continue to dedicate your life to this cause. Everyone should have one…
congrats dewd!
Awesome, Eric. It’s good not only on the personal level, but to know that books on this subject continue to be published!
Congrats! And thanks for sharing. Have you quoted yourself “AP Style” yet?
That is just too cool!
@Everyone - Thanks!
No, I do not get royalties, I did get a payment based on number of words and a copy of the book.
Yes, they did ask me for my permission. In fact, they sent me an email and about 15 emails later I agreed to let them publish it. I still own the rights to the post and if they want to publish it again they will have to pay me again….it’s an agreeable arrangement.
hells yeah! that is quite the achievement and congratulations!
WAAAAY cool!!!!!! Totally rockin Eric, congratulations big time!!!!!
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Congratulations! That’s fantastic.
It’s about time folks recognized your genius! Congrats buddy!
Cheers!
Affirmative action actually encourages discrimination, and by “affirmative action” I mean admitting, hiring and promoting less-qualified blacks over more-qualified whites. Let’s say I need to retain an attorney. Would I really want to hire someone who got there to fill a quota? No, and since I don’t know who got in under relaxed standards, I will if given a choice not hire a black professional to handle my legal affairs, perform surgery on me, etc.
Affirmative action cheapens the credentials of every minority. When the affirmative action guy is out of the room, his colleagues will whisper that he was hired or promoted to fill a quota.
Finally, affirmative action is an injustice to all members of the non-privileged minority groups.
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just wondering why it’s always assumed in these scenarios that the ‘black candidate’ is always less qualified? why is that such a natural part of the equation? White folks=smart black folks=less qualified. perhaps you’re reading too many of your own statistics?
eric I hope you feel better soon!
Jim,
Affirmative Action is commonly misunderstood in the precise way you demonstrate. In no circumstances does affirmative action allow for the hiring of a “less qualified” candidate regardless of identity. Instead, the strongest thing affirmative action allows for is the choosing of a candidate of color when all other factors are equal - and even then, that’s not always the case.
The myth that AA promotes the hiring of “less qualified” people is groundless.
Finally, there are several studies out that show that people with equal qualifications but different names (in most cases, the authors of the studies choose stereotypically “black” and “white” names) have a much different chance to get either call-backs or interviews when applying for work.
And guess what? It’s the “white” names that get called back far more often - when every other item on the application information is identical.
I feel that it should be noted that affirmative action policies in the United States benefit white women, anyone with a disability, and any person of color.
Jim’s polarization of affirmative action as only a black or white policy shows a rather myopic viewpoint that seems to be characteristic of white supremacist thinking.
Dennis,
Thanks for having the courtesy to debate the issues on their merits instead of merely slinging insults.
>In no circumstances does affirmative action allow for the hiring of a “less qualified” candidate regardless of identity.
Incorrect. Read the Bakke case (1978) and also Nixon’s Philadelphia Plan of 1971.
Also, please cite your “several studies.”
Eric,
I am well aware that AA policies have been extended over the years to benefit women, disabled, and any persons of color. I just did not want to write a dissertation in my first posts to your blog. I am also aware that the special interests are seeking to extend this “privileged minority” status to still more, such as GLBTs. I oppose any and all such AA measures, even those under which whites would receive special consideration (such as in South Africa under Apartheid), so your label of me as a “white supremacist” is wholly incorrect and libelous, if sadly typical of “anti-racists.” (Question for you guys: why would the Apartheid government in SA have to mandate set-asides for whites in hiring in such a racist society? If you have read Sowell, then you know the answer.)
Why should a person who just arrived here in the US from Latin America get *any* special consideration over a native-born citizen just because he is a “person of color”? Never made any sense to me. Women make up 51% of the US population, but are given “minority” status. Go figure.
I advocate absolute freedom of association in housing, employment, education, and all other walks of life. Were I president of the US, I would sign an executive order banning the use of race and gender by the US gov in hiring, promotion, and the award of government contracts.
Suggested reading: Why Race Matters by Michael Levin.
Regards,
Jim
Unashamed Euro-American
Jim: Dennis is correct in his description. Since Bakke, quotas have been unconstitutional. Any programs that operate in the manner you describe are illegal.
If people are whispering behind the backs of people of color, its because they are using the myth of AA to justify their own bigotry or they are misinformed about the legality of AA.
I’ve never understood the point that AA cheapens the qualifications of people of color. In whose eyes? It strikes me that anyone who thinks this has either internalized oppression or is looking for a pretext to justify their already existing misgivings about colleagues of color.