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The Miner's Canary
Guinier argued that attention to exclusions based on race had the potential to result in broad social uplift.[1] In The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy (
Harvard University Press, 2002), Guinier and co-author Gerald Torres used the analogy of racial minorities as the canary in the coal mine, alerting others to risks to themselves, to argue for “reforms based on initiatives that are begun by minority groups but move beyond racial issues because they address the needs of other disadvantaged groups”, as a
New York Times review described it.[2] Torres and Guinier cited for example the way even
Hopwood v. Texas, an anti-affirmative action lawsuit, ultimately inspired reform that enlarged college access for all Texas students, based on the research of minority activists who learned that only a handful of high schools enjoyed the majority of admissions to the state’s top colleges. The Times review concluded, “The goal of reaching such truly evenhanded solutions is what this book generously holds out.”[2]
ABBOTT, Maude (1869–1940). Canadian cardiologist. Born in Montreal
ABBOTT, Merriel (c. 1893–1977). American dance director. Born in Chicago, Illinois.
ABBOTT, Mother (1846–1934). Australian founder. Name variations: Gertrude Abbott, Mary Jane O’Brien. Born Mary Jane O’Brien in Sydney, Australia.
ABBOUD, Simonne (c. 1930—). French-American sailor. Born in France, the 1st women to serve on a US cargo ship (1971).
ABDALLAH, Nia (1984—). American taekwondo player. Born in Houston, Texas.
ABDEL-AZIZ, Malak (1923—). Egyptian poet and editor. Name varia- tions: Malak ’Abd al-Aziz; Malak ’Abdel ’Aziz; Malak Abdel Aziz. Born 1923 in Egypt.
ABDEL RAHMAN, Aisha (1913–1998). Egyptian literary critic and educator. Name variations: Aisha Abdel-Rahman, Aisha ‘Abd al-Rahman; (pseudonyms) Bint El Shatei, Bint el-Shati or Bint-al-Shah. Born Aisha ‘Abd al-Rahman in Damietta (Dumyat), Egypt.
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ABDO, Reema (1963—). Canadian swimmer. Born in Aden, South Yemen.
ABEGG, Elisabeth (1882–1974). German antiwar activist. Born Mar 3, 1882; grew up in Alsace (now a part of France) when it was a province of the German Reich
ABEL, Annie Heloise (1873–1947). English-American historian. Name variations: Annie Heloise Abel-Henderson. Born Annie Heloise Abel in Fernhurst, Sussex, England,
ABEL, Hazel (1888–1966). American politician. Born Hazel Pearl Hemple in Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
ABEL, Theodora (1899–1998). American clinical psychologist. Name variations: Theodora Mead Abel. Born Theodora Mead in Newport, Rhode Island
ABERCROMBIE, M.L.J. (1909–1984). English zoologist. Name varia- tions: Minnie Louie Johnson Abercrombie; Minnie Louie Johnson. Born Minnie Louie Jane Johnson in England
ABERDEEN, Ishbel Maria Gordon, Lady (1857–1939). British women’s-rights activist, philanthropist, and social reformer. Name variations: Lady Aberdeen; Countess of Aberdeen; Marchioness of Aberdeen; Ishbel Gordon. Born Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks in London