I will argue between two articles: The article "How a Good Law Went Terribly Wrong" by Christina Hoff Sommers, and the article "Prohibiting Sex Discrimination in Schools." I chose to write about Title IX, not because I noticed any equality improvements, but because I still see sex discrimination in schools even though we have an issued law that prohibits it. Title IX is a good benefit to a lot of discriminations in schools, but why is it only for the federal financial funded schools? ... Law degrees, 7% to 43%. ... "Title IX: How a Good Law Went Terribly Wrong." ...

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The Law and Me (Affirmative Action In Colleges) In 1964 and 1965 President Johnson signed the Civil Rites acts, and these acts included affirmative action. ... Powell, Jr., agreed, casting the deciding vote ordering the medical school to admit Bakke. ... The problem is the, "Use of affirmative action to increase minority enrollment at its law school"(www.nytimes.com). ... Prop 209 was one of the first laws to work against affirmative action. ... Finally affirmative action is still keeping qualified people out of graduate schools. ...

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Take for example Cheryl Hopwood, a woman who applied for admission to the University of Texas Law School in 1992. ... She boasted a 3.8 grade point average and a high Law School Aptitude Test score. ... The University of Texas Law School was taken to court and proved that it simply did not take individual grades and merit into account, but it evidently lower standards for all minority applicants. ... The University of California Berkley School of Law admitted every black with a grade point average of 3.5 and Law School Admission Test of ninety or above, but only 42% of whites with equ...

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Civil Rights guarantee that girls have the same opportunity as boys to play on high school sports. ... In 1972 men and women took a stand and the people created a federal law called "Title IX" and this gave opportunities to women that wanted to play sports. "Title IX" is a federal law that requires high schools and colleges that receive federal funds not to discriminate on the basis of gender. ... Third, it would give players an opportunity to be on a team in smaller schools and communities or when a sport is not offered to both by combining girls and boys to make a co-ed t...

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Ironically, society tries to undo our prejudice through education when we enter school. ... Hate crime laws should be passed and enforced. As of 1999, there are 11 states that do not have any kind of hate crime laws in effect. Law enforcement, health services, local authorities, and the judiciary and victim networks are all critical to the provision of effective services and support to victims of hate crime. ...

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On June 23, a 5-4 decision was made in support of the University of Michigan's law school's right to use race as a factor in admissions, while declaring the points (a.k.a. quota) system unconstitutional. ... As we speak, many high school students across the country have who have applied to universities are being rejected because there are other, less qualified people who are getting accepted because they are minorities. ...

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There have been around three hundred schools that have accepted agreements in the history of the law. ... So most decided to just ignore the new law rather than change (Hay). As time went on, the law became accepted as more and more women started participating in sports. ... Thirty years after the law was passed and girls still get 1.1 million less chances to participate in high school sports than men (save). ... Since schools have to provide equal funding in sports many schools have cut men's teams to comply with Title IX. ...

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If a white student with excellent high school grades applies and does not get into a school that he deserves to attend because a colored student with decent high school grades takes there place that is reversed discrimination. ... May it be by high school grades or standardized entry exams. ... This is the reason that the affirmative action laws were put into effect. These laws were placed to help the underrepresented minorities. ... Some of the laws that are being used might help some of the underrepresented minorities but may also discriminate against others. ...

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Often good intentions passing into law to benefit the "total" America are misinterpreted by intelligent law makers and manipulated to award personal gain and find ways to dodge the laws, especially the laws that affect their financial future. ... The problem that schools are learning the hard way is the law supports preferential treatment, not quotas. ... Bollinger involving University of Michigan's law school, and Grotz vs. ... The law school is ____ up to for highly qualified White students were not accepted into the law program but black, less qualified students were accepted...

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Basically there are two definitions or schools of thought for AA. The first school of thought is that AA is an umbrella term for laws and policies that the United States Executive, Judicial, and legislative bodies have mandated. ... Under this school of thought, AA is in spirit and an institutional policy. The intent of this paper is to address the serious and profound arguments of both schools of thought. ... In addition, AA laws allowed for minority student's admission in schools that would not have been accessibl...

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This shows that for some time sport was not held to the same laws of equality. ... The greater laws of equality in society were not being passed on through sport. ... How the law was to be dealt with was not set out until two years after Title IX passed. The regulations still were not law until the summer of 1975 (July). ... Due to the unpopularity of the law, an amendment was made in 1985 to the Ontario Hum...

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Of course, there are also negative opinions of Title IX and people do argue adamantly against the effects of the law. ... Conniff states that "Opponents of the law say it forces schools to cut men's programs in order to give women money and facilities they don't want or need." ... Even if females make up a large percentage of a school's population, the Title IX requirements for the school should be based on the ratio of interested participants. ... O'Beirne's backs her argument with the ironic reality that one Florida high school is being pu...

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The decision marked the end of the post-Civil War reconstruction era as Jim Crow laws spread across the South. ... Examples of how points are awarded include: • White students who attend high schools that have predominantly minority students get 20 points. ... • Elected or appointed leadership positions, meaningful contributions to the high school and community. ... Hasani Tyus, a senior at Detroit's Cass Technical High School, was recently admitted to U-M with a full scholarship. ... It's only fair because most inner-city youth are minorities and most minority ...

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It would also prohibit federal civil rights enforcement agencies from seeking or agreeing to administrative or judicial orders prescribing affirmative action to remedy proven instances of discrimination that violate federal law or the constitution. ... The conscientious efforts to hire or admit people of color and women are ways for employers and schools to break their habits of favoring whites and males, and a way to facilitate the transition to nondiscriminatory practices. ... Civil liberties are the personal rights and freedoms that the federal government cannot abridge, either by law, or j...

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These laws also protect employees against harassment based specifically on their color. ... The Piscataway Board of Education hired the two teachers and later decided to eliminate one of the jobs in the high school business department. ... The Bush Administration used this case to sue the school district for discrimination. ... Employment Law for Business. ... The Nolo: Law for Everyone's Web site provides information of the laws regarding racial discrimination (http://www.nolo.com). ...

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The idea of affirmative action was suitable in the time period in which it was written, but times have changed and the law needs to change in cooperation. ... In 1995 the Congressional Research Service turned up 160 laws and regulations one third of which are still enforced laws setting numerical goals and quotas. ... At the University of Texas Law School a minority admissions program is set aside for blacks and Mexican-Americans. ... Only citizens of the United States of America shall benefit from the laws of affirmative action. ... Also admittance into schools will be based upon the students...

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When Nixon finally signed the amendment into law June 23, 1972, initially it was instituted to "prohibit discrimination on basis of sex for educational programs or activities that receive funding from government." (Kwak 1) Title IX impacted universities greatly and fundamentally seemed to be great, however it took great determination of many, it faced hardships within the law and athletics became a leading problem. ... " (29) They finally passed the Act into Law in 1963, it however received many concessions, in the end it only applied to those paid by the hour (i.e. factory wo...

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In high school he was one of the most favored football players but could not go to a major college. ... Despite that he taught himself law through a correspondent school. When he put the children to bed he would go to the kitchen to read his law book and finally received his degree from what he called "Kitchen U." ...

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It is generally considered the most important U.S. law on civil rights since Reconstruction (1865-1877). It guarantees equal voting rights prohibits segregation or discrimination in places of public accommodation bans discrimination, including sex-based discrimination, by trade unions, schools, or employers that are involved in interstate commerce or do business with the federal government calls for the desegregation of public schools and assures nondiscrimination in the distribution of funds under federally assisted programs. ... Kennedy in 1963 and strengthened and passed into law under Pres...

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At UC Berkeley, African Americans made up 6.3% of freshmen in 1995 and 3.4% last fall. " This drop in enrollment of African Americans at California state colleges may be due in part to Proposition 209, passed as a law in 1996, which eliminates affirmative action measures in California in both the workplace and college. ... Because racial barriers are mostly broken down in today's society, students with the best GPA and most impressive high school resume are eligible to gain admission to the colleges of their dreams, regardless of the color of their skin. ... Source D points out, "Sch...

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By allowing this bill to be law, the government is saying that discriminating for everyone is ok except basically for white males. ... More specifically, "The university's law school is the defendant in a reverse discrimination class-action lawsuit over the practice of admitting minority students with lower grades and test scores than whites" (Internet). ... "Opportunists of all colors have used the racial set-aside law to win billions of dollars worth of federal contracts for themselves and their friends under the guise of being "victims." ... On a side note, a funny thing is, when the a...

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Busses, lunch counters, drinking fountains, schools, occupations, and neighborhoods were all segregated by law and were custom. ... Similarly, laws forbidding sex and marriage between people of different races were ended. ... Many Urban areas across the nation have become predominantly Black with poor housing and run-down, crumbling schools. Whites, on the other hand, have been fleeing to suburban areas of the country since the end of the Second World War where nice houses and newer schools are located throughout. ... Racial profiling has become common for most urban law enforcement, thus lead...

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However at schools such as UCLA and Berkeley there are no unqualified students. ... During the first year that this policy known as proposition 209 went into effect, the University of California Berkeley Boalt Law School reported a drastic drop. ... A spokesperson for UC Berkeley Law school stated "I think that there was a feeling that California in general had turned its back on minority applicants. ... Female high school graduates were now likely to enter colleges or universities than their male counterparts- 70.3% of graduating women were likely to enter a college after high school whil...

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Consequently, the Equal Employment Act of 1972 forced colleges and universities to admit members of minorities in greater numbers, especially in professional and graduate schools. ... A closely divided Supreme Court, with no majority opinion and six opinions in all, struck down a medical school admissions program that set aside a specific number of places for "disadvantaged" minority students. ... Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against the University of Texas, deciding that its law school's policy of considering race in the admissions process was a violation of the Constitut...

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The intent of Affirmative Action is to help cut down discrimination in the work place and in schools, but the Terry's argument is that this is a form of reverse discrimination He addresses the subject of race-based decisions making in hiring, admissions in universities and other professional promotions. Those people who are the beneficiaries of those laws have a higher chance to get a job or to graduate from college with a higher GPA just because of the color of their skin or because of their nationality. Terry is totally against those laws and I strongly agree with him. ... Affirmative A...

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