The National Women's Law Center cited statistics showing that even in 2010, "schools are providing 1.3 million fewer chances for girls to play sports in high schools than boys" (as cited by Hums, McLean, 2009, p.98). ... I would agree with her and would argue that in the long-run, schools and administrators that allow this are being counterproductive to the bigger picture; the goal of gender equality in high school sports. ... This legislation is what the male gymnast used in his case against the state of Wisconsin, citing that they had violated this law by preventing his inclu...

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The study concluded that African Americans with above average scores on law school admissions test were 730 times more likely to be accepted than an equally qualified Caucasian student at Virginias School of Law (Washington 3). At the University of Michigan Law School, the way that they accept students is a point system. ... This makes it much easier for minorities to be accepted to the law school than Caucasians even if the minorities grades are lower the Caucasians (Pioneer 1). It is almost like the universities have a quota and although the Caucasian students may have better grades and te...

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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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"In 2000, 12 Hispanics who scored between a 159-160 on the LSAT and earned a GPA of 3.00 or higher applied for admission [to the University of Michigan Law School] and only 2 were admitted. ... In the same court case, it was stated by Michigan Law School's expert that "in 2000, 35 percent of underrepresented minority applicants were admitted. ... Although these statistics may have seemed compelling for an argument against affirmative action use, the Supreme Court ruled that Michigan Law School was still allowed to consider race in its applicants for the sake of obtaining the educational...

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Henkle, who was a student at Galena High School, Washoe High School, and Wooster High School from 1994 thru 1997, filed a lawsuit against the Defendants, Ross Gregory, Principal, Galena High School; Denise Hausauer, Assistant Vice Principal, Galena High School; Loretta Rende, teacher, Galena High School; Joe Anastasio, Washoe County District Director of Student Services; Robert Floyd, Principal, Washoe High School; Serena Robb, Principal, Wooster High School; and the Washoe County School District on grounds of failing to protect him from harassment, and violence, which interfered with his civi...

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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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Four justices ruled to admit Bakke and against preferential treatment; and one, to achieve some kind of judicial consensus, upheld Bakke's claim of unfair discrimination and ordered Bakke into the medical school while also upholding affirmative action on the right of universities to seek diversity. ... This landmark affirmative action case challenges racial preferences in student admissions at the University of Michigan Law School. ... It's about restitution. " The CIR represented Grutter in this matter and made the claim that she was harmed...

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College is now a possible option in a young woman's decision for post high school plans. ... Civil rights laws have historically been a powerful mechanism for effecting social change in the United States. ... Title IX has made it easier for anyone to go out there and play sports whether it is in high school or college. Currently the Bush administration has created a blue-ribbon panel to reevaluate the landmark federal law. ... Proponents of the law charged that the panel is a new attempt to weaken the landmark Title IX law after repeated court challenges over the past 30 years have fa...

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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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Perhaps this paper should start out with some fundamental laws concerning the issue. According to the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution, "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." ... These laws amongst others have been interpreted by many judges in order to counter act racially discriminating practices against min...

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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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HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE LAW IN UPHOLDING THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN?. ... Some of the different areas of the law that affect women specifically include: Sex discrimination, equal pay, domestic violence, forcible rape, and equality, to name but a few. ... The Sex Discrimination Act also has limitations concerning attitudes, 'One set of considerations concern the inherent limits of law in changing the nature of society' (April Carter 1988), deep rooted attitudes cannot be simply changed because of a new law being passed, also similarly, another drawback is the attitude and acceptance of the A...

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Society has comes a long way from having segregated schools, bathrooms, and drinking fountains, but it isn't enough. ... Unfortunately, the introduction of collaboration between local police and immigration law enforcement has not made communities as safe as intended. Tensions between police officers and community members increase, as does the distrust people feel towards law enforcement (Grigsby). Not only does this collaboration increase tensions and distrust but, as CounterPunch puts it, "It is easy to imagine the [collaboration between police and immigration law enforcement] wi...

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This act not only covers employment, but also discrimination in a public places and eventually grew to include public schools and colleges. ... The law applies to all federal, state, and local employers. ... These laws govern both the public and private sector, unions, and employment agencies. This act does however allow for certain exemptions to the law. ... Comply with these laws are of the utmost importance. ...

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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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(Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to the 1964 Civil Rights Act) This law has done wonderful things in the promotion of women's sports and is a great law in its original intent; however, the enforcement of this law has terribly perverted its spirit. In order to enforce this law, certain civil action groups have persuaded law makers to adopt a test for discrimination based on proportionality rather than opportunity and interest. ... If a school is 55 percent female, 55 percent of its athletes must also be female. ... This once empowering law for women has now become a hobblin...

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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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Employers and schools are forced to do the opposite. ... Employers and schools should base their decisions on the qualifications of the applicant, not the color of their skin or gender. ... This article begins with a real life account on how one of her friends was "passed over for tenure at an ivy-league school." ... The objective of having these anti- discrimination laws is to provide an equal opportunity for all, not preferential treatment for some. ... Why should any laws give an unfair advantage to any group of people? ...

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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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