S2 E13: White Affirmative Action

When it comes to U.S. government programs and support earmarked for the benefit of particular racial groups, history is clear. White folks have received most of the goodies.

 

By John Biewen, with Deena Hayes-Greene of the Racial Equity Institute and recurring series partner Chenjerai Kumanyika.

Photo: U.S. soldiers returning home from World War Two the same month that Congress passed the GI Bill of Rights, June 1944. Credit: History.com

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