David Freund

Historian

David Freund is currently (2019) Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland.  He is the author of Colored Property: State Policy and White Racial Politics in Suburban America.

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Are we ready for a "colorblind" society?
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What is the difference between race and ethnicity?
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If race isn't real, what about its effects?
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When is it okay to base social policies on race?
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Why do we have to pay for wrongs of the past?
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How do you enlist support of white people in achieving racial equality?
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Why not base affirmative action on socioeconomic status instead of race?
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Why do recent immigrants do better than African Americans socioeconomically?
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What policies might integrate the suburbs and remedy some of the inequities that stem from residential segregation?
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Don't people's values influence their chances for success?
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Are reparations for slavery appropriate?
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