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Discrimination

What is Discrimination? Where does it come from? Where do we see it? What is being done to prevent it?

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VI

Prohibits discrimination in programs and activities receiving federal funding

Title VIIProhibits discrimination by employerProhibits discrimination based on association1970s sexual harassment = sex discriminationSupplemented with legislation prohibiting

pregnancy, age, and disability discrimination

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Affirmative Action

A set of actions designed to eliminate existing and continuing discrimination, to remedy lingering affects of past discriminations, and to create systems and procedures to prevent future discrimination.

Affirmative Action

Amendments:

XIIIXIVXV

Brown vs Board of Education

Affirmative Action

Reverse Discrimination ?

Court case:Regents of the University of California vs Bakke

Affirmative Action in Schools Generally means giving preferential

treatment to minorities in admission to universities

Originally designed to correct historical discrimination

Arguments For Eliminating Affirmative Action in Schools

Leads to reverse discriminationLowers standards of accountability needed

to push students or employees to perform better

Condescending to minorities to say that affirmative action is needed in order to succeed

It would work towards a color blind societyAdmissions would be based solely on effort

Arguments against Eliminating Affirmative Action in Schools

Diversity is desirable but won’t always occur if left to chance

Discourages segregation within schoolsStudents starting at a disadvantage need a

boostDraws people to areas of study and work

that they may have previously not considered

Helps eliminate certain stereotypesNeeded to compensate minorities for

centuries of oppression

Opposition to Affirmative Action Argument that affirmative action is

another form of discrimination. Residual ramification of past injustices

through affirmative action is not just. Devalues accomplishments of

recipients. Unqualified applicants acceptance into

programs results in eventual failure. Increased racial tension.

Support of Affirmative Action Addresses past discrimination and

enhances discrimination The end justifies the means Affirmative action is needed since

organizations inherently favor whites. The African American Policy Forum