Tools to Speak Out
13 Myths about Affirmative Action
This 13- part series provides listeners with a guided tour of the current controversy about affirmative action. Each installment in this sequential series is structured to explore a widely held belief or assertion about affirmative action. Upon closer inspection, each belief is shown to be false, distorted, or unsupported by the evidence. As each belief is revealed to be a myth and debunked, the ensuing discussion re-analyzes the issue by offering information, research, and personal accounts from a range of commentators, including academics, activists and every day Michiganders. The series was aired on Michael Eric Dyson’s Dyson Talk radio show and was written and produced in collaboration with Kimberle Williams Crenshaw and the African American Policy Forum. To view the guests participating in the series, click here. This series is a project of the Affirmative Action Research and Policy Consortium, a project of the African American Policy Forum.
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To view each myth, please click on the links to the left.
Episodes are hosted by:
Kimberle Crenshaw
