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The Talented Tenth Meets the Twenty-First Century: Young, Gifted and Diverse in the Post-Affirmative Action Era
Patricia G. Davis reviews Young, Gifted, and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite by Camille Z. Charles, Rory Kramer, Douglas Massey, and Kimberly C. Torres. She examines the book’s findings on the experiences of Black elite college students as part of a broader discursive field that encapsulates the dismantling of affirmative action in higher education.
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