In many ways, they were successful. As affirmative action grew, however, it drew increasing criticism, often from men and whites, who opposed what they viewed as "reverse discrimination."While the Brown decision declared segregated schools unlawful, it did not create affirmative action to remedy ...
This affirmative action programme involved unprecedented state intervention in Malaysian economic life, and it has gained admiring emulation in Fiji, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and India. As the editors point out in their introduction, there is no disputing the reduction in poverty levels and ...
Affirmative Action: Path to Equality or Reverse Discrimination? By examining key court rulings concerning the implementation of affirmative action in Washington, California, Texas, and Michigan, the nature of the Court芒鈧 劉s fragmented opinions regarding affirmative action programs with respect to .....
The Tensions of Affirmative Action in Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Analysis of Labor Court Jurisprudence ince1998, the South African government has established radical measures intended, not just to fight discrimination, but also to rectify the inequalities pr... S Laplancheservigne 被引量: 0发...
No one wants to talk about Asian-Americans in the affirmative action debate. With the recent ruling that upheld Michigan’s ban on affirmative action, the divisive pushback by Asian-American political leaders and interest groups regarding the reinstatement of affirmative action in California, an...
First, although affirmative action has seldom been mandated by law, administrative regulations and judicial rulings have often lent this policy the force of law. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Office of Federal Contract Compliance, which ensured that private businesses who did ...
Affirmative Action Hugh Murray Gertrude Ezorsky’s very first sentence is wrong—“The affirmative action programs begun in the 1960s have been diminished in the 1980s in response to a different political climate” (1). Practices such as “race norming” of test scores on employment examinations...
With a more conservative Supreme Court on the bench, he was hoping to make a case that might result in a ruling limiting or abolishing affirmative action, at least in school admissions. After obtaining admission records through the Open Records Act, he sent 31 letters to white applicants with...