7 William Julius Wilson Quotes on Equality

William Julius Wilson quotes on equality

14. Class-based affirmative action is good in its own right, but it is not a substitute for race-based affirmative action.

21. I think that social tensions have lessened because of the strong economy, and now is a time where people are concerned about promoting equality, racial equality, economic equality, now is the time for them to build in this shift in the public's mood.

31. Our study clearly shows that employers would rather not hire a lot of workers from the inner city. They feel people from the inner city are not job-ready, that the kids have been poorly educated, that they can't read, they can't write, they can't speak.

33. People talk about how busing exacerbated race relations without addressing the problems of black education.

35. So I see my research focusing on international problems of social and racial equality. And I think it will help inform a lot of the positions I take regarding domestic strategy issues.

38. That's why I support affirmative action that's based on both class and race.

39. The basic difference between the period after 1973 and the previous period is that the nation's equalizing institutions - unions, public education, the welfare state broadly defined - were much weaker in the present period.