|
About
the Center for Race and Ethnicity
From its earliest years, the Manhattan Institute has been keenly
aware of how racial issues touch on almost every aspect of American
life. The Center for Race and Ethnicity was created to infuse the
debate on race in America with the Manhattan Institute's profound
belief in individual liberty and our commitment to free markets
as the best guarantor of freedom and prosperity.
The Center for Race and Ethnicity's work garnered national attention
and served as a guide for reform in several key policy debates including
education, welfare reform, and prisoner re-entry. In particular,
the Center for Race and Ethnicity's books and reports had a profound
impact on the debate, providing much-needed data and sound policy
proposals that helped steer reform.
Several of CRE's books received national acclaim and prestigious
awards. In 2007 the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation named civil rights
& education researchers Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom as recipients
of the Fordham Prizes for Excellence in Education in recognition
of their work on race and education. John McWhorter's book, Winning
the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America (Gotham Books)
was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary
Work in Non-Fiction. Herman Badillo's influential 2007 book, One
Nation, One Standard, was hailed by reviewers as "a call to
arms for Hispanics" that helped to kickstart the debate over assimilation.
Kay Hymowitz's Marriage and Caste in America, which drove
the national conversation on the impact of out-of-wedlock births
and the creation of the underclass, was called the "best single
book on the damage being done to our nation by the explosion of
divorce and nonmarital births since the 1960s."
The Manhattan Institute also helped produce early works by eminent
scholars such as Thomas Sowell's Markets and Minorities (Basic
Books, 1981) and Walter Williams' The State Against Blacks
(McGrawHill, 1982), for which the Institute also produced as a PBS
documentary. In addition, under our Book Fellowship program, the
Manhattan Institute supported the publication of Linda Chavez's
Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation
(Basic Books, 1991) and Peter Salins' Assimilation, American
Style (Basic Books, 1997).
The Manhattan Institute continues to serve the legacy of the Center
for Race and Ethnicity through its work on education, urban reform,
and prisoner re-entry, relying on the in-depth research, groundbreaking
proposals, and thought-provoking analysis CRE provided.
Select
Articles:
- Black Families Showing Gains?, Kay Hymowitz, National Review
Online's The Corner, 12-18-08
- An Enduring Crisis for the Black Family, Kay Hymowitz, Washington
Post, 12-06-08 (This article also appeared on RealClearPolitics,
12-6-08, and NRO Weblinks, 12-8-08)
- TWO SIDES: Is Bill Cosby's Personal Responsibility/Message Unfair
to Poor Blacks?, John McWhorter, Ebony, 12-01-08
- Revenge of
the Nerds, John McWhorter, The New Republic, 11-24-08
- What
Obama Means For Black America, John McWhorter, Forbes,
11-13-08
- Of
Course Race Mattered, John McWhorter, New York Post,
11-09-08
- Revenge of
the Black Nerd, John McWhorter, New York Magazine,
11-09-08
- The reality of President-Elect Obama, Abigail Thernstrom, National
Review Online, 11-06-08
- The
End Of Racism?, John McWhorter, Forbes, 11-05-08
- Gerrymandering Democratic Votes, Abigail Thernstrom, Forbes.com,
10-23-08
- On
The Content of His Character, John McWhorter, The New Republic,
10-16-08
- Stop
the hand-wringing about how racism will doom Barack Obama,
John McWhorter, New York Daily News, 10-15-08
- Will
the real Michelle Obama stand up?, John McWhorter, The
Boston Globe, 08-31-08
- Looking for
Any Excuse, John McWhorter, The New York Sun, 08-28-08
- Cab
Ride, Interrupted, John McWhorter, The New York Sun,
08-22-08
- ObamaKids,
John McWhorter, New York Magazine, 08-10-08
- Racism in
Retreat, John McWhorter, The New York Sun, 06-05-08
- Prison to Work, Howard Husock, New York Post, 05-20-08
- Race as a Sport John McWhorter, New York Sun, 05-15-08
- Choices
to make on immigration policy Jacob Vigdor, Boston Globe,
05-19-08
- The
Assimilation Factor Howard Husock, New York Sun, 05-13-08
(This article also appears on RealClearPolitics.com, 5-13-08)
- Dashiki Posturing Of Wright John McWhorter, New York Sun,
04-30-08
- Talking the Talk John McWhorter, New York Times, 04-27-08
- Not Battling Racism John McWhorter, New York Sun, 04-24-08
- A Second Chance Act John McWhorter, New York Sun, 04-10-08
- Conversion of the Race Conversation John McWhorter, New
York Sun, 03-27-08
- Subtle,
Serious, Patriotic Abigail Thernstrom, National Review
Online, 03-20-08
- Beyond
Black Politics Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom, Wall Street
Journal, 03-14-08
- 'The Wire': War of Truths John McWhorter, New York Sun,
03-14-08
- Is race out of the race? Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom, Los
Angeles Times, 03-02-08
- Fighting Words in Education Crowds John McWhorter, New York
Sun, 02-28-08
- 'Obambi' Is Working It John McWhorter, New York Sun,
02-22-08
- Blackness:
A Quick and Dirty Primer John McWhorter, TheRoot.com,
02-13-08
- Obama's American John McWhorter, New York Sun, 02-07-08
- Immigration Bomb is Dud Tamar Jacoby, Arizona Republic,
02-03-08
- Welcoming Obama To Reality John McWhorter, New York Sun,
01-31-08
- Crying Wolf Over Race> John McWhorter, New York Sun,
01-30-08
- Turn Up The Heat John McWhorter, New York Sun, 01-24-08
- King
of the Projects Kay Hymowitz, Wall Street Journal,
01-18-08
- Bradley Effect R.I.P. John McWhorter, New York Sun,
01-17-08
- Hillary
and MLK John McWhorter, Wall Street Journal, 01-16-08
- Change May Now Be Happening John McWhorter, New York Sun,
01-10-08
- Immigration is Not Black and White Tamar Jacoby, Dallas
Morning News, 01-07-08
- Is Anyone Listening? Tamar Jacoby, Los Angeles Times,
01-02-08
- Black-on-Black Thought Crime John McWhorter, New York Sun,
01-02-08
- California without a Mexican Tamar Jacoby, Los Angeles Times,
08-25-07
- Immigration Overhaul Herman Badillo, New York Sun,
07-18-07
- Assimilation Keys Tamar Jacoby, New York Post, 07-08-07
- The fearmongers win again Tamar Jacoby, New York Daily News,
07-01-07
- Immigration: Status Quo = Hell Tamar Jacoby, New York Post,
06-18-07
- Father's
Day Without Fathers Kay Hymowitz, Chicago Sun-Times,
06-17-07
- Like it or not, it's time to act Tamar Jacoby, Arizona
Republic, 06-06-07
- A good compromise for democracy, Tamar Jacoby, Los Angeles
Times, 05-29-07
- Separation
Anxiety Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom, Wall Street Journal,
11-30-07
- No More Excuses: Joel and Mike New York Sun, 11-08-07
- Children
in The Lurch John McWhorter, New York Sun, 09-06-07
- Supreme
Gibberish Abigail Thernstrom, Wall Street Journal,
07-02-07
- Welfare reform worth celebrating Kay Hymowitz, Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, 7-16-06
- How
Welfare Reform Worked Kay Hymowitz, Chicago Sun-Times,
4-30-06
- The Marriage gap Kay Hymowitz, Dallas Morning News,
3-12-06
|
| CRE
BOOKS |
All About the Beat: Why Hip Hop Can't Save Black America
by John H. McWhorter
Gotham Books, June 2008
AVAILABLE
AT AMAZON | READ
MORE |
|
 One
Nation, One Standard: An Ex-Liberal on How Hispanics Can Succeed
Just Like Other Immigrant Groups
by Herman Badillo
Sentinel, January 2007
AVAILABLE
AT AMAZON | READ MORE |
|
 Marriage
and Caste in America: Seperate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital
Age
by Kay S. Hymowitz
Ivan R. Dee, November 2006
AVAILABLE
AT AMAZON | READ MORE |
|
 Winning
the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America
by John H. McWhorter
Dutton and Gotham Books, February 2006
AVAILABLE
AT AMAZON | READ MORE |
|
 Reinventing
the Melting Pot: The New Immigrants and What It Means to Be
American
by Tamar Jacoby
Basic Books, 2004
AVAILABLE
AT AMAZON | READ MORE |
|
 Authentically
Black: Essays for the Black Silent Majority
by John H. McWhorter
Gotham Books, January 2003
AVAILABLE
AT AMAZON | READ
MORE |
|
 No
Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning
by Stephan Thernstrom, Abigail Thernstrom
Simon & Schuster, 2003
AVAILABLE
AT AMAZON | READ MORE |
|
 America
in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible
by Stephan Thernstrom, Abigail Thernstrom
Simon & Schuster, September 1997
AVAILABLE
AT AMAZON | READ
MORE |
| |
|
