William Julius Wilson Quotes
I don't think we should stop emphasizing race because I think, you know, race is still very, very important, and we have to recognize that and continue to introduce programs to address racial inequities. But we have to widen our vision and also address the growing problems of economic class.
Wilson, William Julius. Interview by Ben Wattenberg. The First Measured Century, PBS, 20 Dec. 2000.
The crisis of inequality of income and wealth has occurred seven times in American history.
This was one of his great fundamental questions of mankind which his research began to answer.
The people at the upper end of the spectrum of wide inequality do not see most communal problems affecting them. As a result, they often do not participate in the attempts to solve those problems.
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He was trying to get the Democratic Presidential Nomination.
William Julius Wilson is an American sociologist. He is a professor at Harvard University and author of works on urban sociology, race and class issues. Laureate of the National Medal of Science, he served as the 80th President of the American Sociological Association, was a member of numerous national boards and commissions. He identified the importance of neighborhood effects and demonstrated how limited employment opportunities and weakened institutional resources exacerbated poverty within American inner-city neighborhoods.
