Quotes
William J. Wilson
If we could create the conditions that make racism difficult, or discourage it, then there would be less stress and less need for affirmative action programs. One of those conditions would be an economic policy that would create tight labor markets over long periods of time.
William J. Wilson
If a multiracial citizen's coalition were in place, it would have the muscle to pressure national public officials to consider seriously the interests of ordinary citizens when such issues are debated.
William J. Wilson
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.
William J. Wilson
I strongly believe in fighting inequality.
William J. Wilson
I maintain that the period during the first half of the 1990s, the period in which rising inequality reached its peak, was a period in which we came very, very close to a demagogic immobilization of racism in this society.
William J. Wilson
I am not an Ivory Tower intellectual.
William J. Wilson
Good research clearly indicates that Americans would support affirmative action programs that capture the idea of equal opportunity.
William J. Wilson
During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society.
William J. Wilson
Crime, family dissolution, welfare, and low levels of social organization are fundamentally a consequence of the disappearance of work.
William J. Wilson
Class-based affirmative action is good in its own right, but it is not a substitute for race-based affirmative action.