caa a22 4500 445359293 CHVBK 20180317142910.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10892-011-9104-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10892-011-9104-4 Lawson Bill Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Memphis, 38018, Memphis, TN, USA aut Sterba on Affirmative Action, or, it Never was the bus, it was Us! [Elektronische Daten] [Bill Lawson] Professor Sterba argues for two interesting and provocative positions regarding affirmative action. First, affirmative action programs are still needed to ensure diversity in educational institutions of higher learning. Secondly, the proponents and opponents of affirmative action are not as far apart as they seem to think. To this end, he proposes a position that would give weight to race as a category for affirmative action that can withstand the challenges of affirmative action opponents while giving the needed support for affirmative action proponents. It is his contention that both sides can support arguments for diversity affirmative action. This paper raises concerns about the ability of arguments for racial diversity to resolve or bring together opponents and proponents of affirmative action. It is argued that the negative social climate, regarding the social and intellectual merits of black Americans, works against the acceptance of affirmative action programs. In sum, it is argued that Professor Sterba's position continues to put the social onus of changing racial attitudes on blacks with little or no effort on the part of whites other than allowing blacks admittance to formerly segregated educational institutions to interact with white students. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Affirmative action nationallicence Black Americans nationallicence Diversity affirmative action nationallicence James Sterba nationallicence Racial Attitudes nationallicence Racism nationallicence The Journal of Ethics Springer Netherlands 15/3(2011-09-01), 281-290 1382-4554 15:3<281 2011 15 10892 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-011-9104-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-011-9104-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Lawson Bill Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Memphis, 38018, Memphis, TN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Ethics Springer Netherlands 15/3(2011-09-01), 281-290 1382-4554 15:3<281 2011 15 10892 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer