This order required federal contractors to take "affirmative action" to increase the number of minorities that they employed. ... Such distortions include the hiring of unqualified workers, the causing of problems for groups it originally set out to help, and reverse discrimination that results in unfair standards into higher education and the work force. ... Instead of treating minorities like equals, it treats them like they are better than other members of the population and puts white males in a disadvantage like the minorities once were. ... Some arguments for affirmative action may be ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The laws" intent was to afford underprivileged minority groups" equal opportunities for employment that were available to the white male. ... This broadened the law to include any American agency or business that received federal assistance to abide by the same laws. ... Hiring and promotion of minorities has shown tremendous increase since this act was passed into law. ... Congress realized that the minorities must be given a better opportunity to receive the education to qualify for certain jobs. ... The undergraduate program allows additional points automatically to minorities or...

• Word Count: 1980
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Majority of societies will face at least one of many different problems, such as, drugs, HIV/AIDS, school dropout rates, minority issues, and racism. ... The issue of racial profiling is more complicated than that conception; it can include people of many backgrounds in many different situations. ... Many minorities face being pulled over by policemen just because of the color of their skin, not because of violating the law. Nevertheless, there are many lawsuits being held on minorities being stopped by a police officer of racial profiling and unaware of how to handle the situation. ... Henc...

• Word Count: 1099
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While the white minority National Party government passed and implemented oppressive apartheid laws, black South Africans responded by intensifying their political opposition in the form of protests, marches, strikes and boycotts. The repressive laws of the apartheid system introduced and practiced by the white minority National Party government after 1948, certainly made black resistance difficult but not impossible. ... The Article 11 of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid states that apartheid is a crime: For the purpose of the present Co...

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The white minority strongly resisted African majority rule and during the 1940's the Afrikaner National Party sought to mobilize Afrikaner opinion. ... The white minority, fearing African majority rule, voted the National Party into office in 1948's whites-only general election. ... The Group Areas Act allocated 87% of the land to the white minority of 4 million people and 13% to the black majority of 20 million people. ... The Apartheid system also called for political segregation, restructuring the bureaucracy to include separate departments for each racial group. ...

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"(Report of The Sentencing Project to the United Nations: 11) The economic situation for black people generally does not look much different than from what Grisham describes, if anything it is worse: During the 2007-2009 recession, all incomes have declined, but those of minorities were affected most. ...

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Oppression and marginalization of youth minorities over thirty years ago had led to the creation of the music and culture that is known as Hip-hop. ... Some examples of white involvement in Hip-hop include those who support the music, those who are critical of the culture, and those who participate in the further development of Hip-hop. ...

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During the argument over electoral votes, southern states were quick to try to include their slaves in an effort for more power. ... In her article about African-American stereotypes, Monnica Williams says "Given that African Americans are a statistical minority in the US, the overwhelming majority of drug abusers will therefore be White. ...

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Indeed, "statistical studies indicate that prosecutors are more likely to pursue full prosecution, file more severe charges, and seek more stringent penalties in cases involving minority defendants than in cases involving nonminority defendants."8 This discrimination becomes even more evident, and disturbing, when examining the death penalty. ...

• Word Count: 3584
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate