Affirmative action today, is considered to be one of the most controversial dilemmas facing our equal rights status. It affects higher education, the workforce, and every American's civil rights. ... Three years later The Civil Rights Act of 1964 expanded this order and set the stage for the birth of affirmative action (Cahn xi). ... This movement causes companies to hire a certain number of minorities relative to the size of the company. ... The next danger of affirmative action is that it violates everyone's civil rights and it leads to reverse discrimination. ...

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Even as many individuals maintain that affirmative action is traceable back to the Civil War, the civil rights movement pushed affirmative action into the American media and governmental issues beginning in the 1950's. ... Throughout the fight for individual liberties, women would receive their fundamental rights at about the same time African-Americans did. ... Yet minorities and women were still deprived of their most fundamental rights. ... This practice of "turning the other cheek" was put to the test during the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 60's. ... (Hanmer ...

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Civil rights laws have historically been a powerful mechanism for effecting social change in the United States. ... It grew out of the civil rights and feminist movements in the late 50's, 60's, and early 70's. As the women's civil rights movement gained momentum in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Americans began to focus attention on inequities that inhibited the progress of women and girls in education. ... However, in 1988, Congress passed the Civil Rights Restoration Act which restored the liability for sanctions to an entire school system or college if it receives fed...

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Considering the subject of affirmative action the following questions frequently are raised: Is there a clear understanding of affirmative action roles/goals? What are the pros/cons of these programs? What are the "loop holes" in the system? Does seniority play a role in affirmative action? Addressi...

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Considering the subject of affirmative action the following questions frequently are raised: Is there a clear understanding of affirmative action roles/goals? What are the pros/cons of these programs? What are the loop holes in the system? Does seniority play a role in affirmative action? Addressing...

• Word Count: 2762
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate