The tensions of the 1960's civil rights movement had made it very clear, that the nation's minority and female population were not receiving equal opportunities. ... In our society, there has always been affirmative action in higher education, but for many years it operated to exclude, rather than include, women and people of color (Gandy 2003). ... Affirmative action has increased the hiring, promotion, job stability, and wages of women and minorities. ... College affirmative action programs have developed a growing middle class of successful minority professionals. ... Affirmat...

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Teachers" duties include: giving the best possible learning experience to all the students in their care, and to maintain a level of discipline in the classroom. ... Some sociologists have noticed that the majority of the students being punished and or removed in schools are African Americans" or Latinos", also known as the minority. ... Because of the students" minority, scientists think schools should cater the rules to these pupils, thus changing the standards for the few while the rest are left with the old rules. ... If the rules were to change for the minority, what kind of message wou...

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In 1996, six minority employees filed suit against the oil giant Texaco. Texaco was charged for "systematic failure to promote minority employees and with fostering a racially hostile environment."" Evidence of secret tapes revealed that four top executives referred to minority employees as "black jelly beans- and "niggers."" ... This can often occur in the workplace by allowing for advantages to be given to a certain minority or majority of a race. ... The University contends that it looks for minorities within the large pool of qualified applicants. ...

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Many human resource departments now specifically target women and minorities when recruiting potential employees. ... In addition, the reason was because, "he was a white male in a department that needed more visible women and minorities." ... Another good point she makes is when a woman or minority is promoted to quickly in order to fill a quota. ... Her article includes a statement on how affirmative action can hurt the very people it was intended to protect. ...

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Precedents Martin v Struthers (1943): The right of freedom of speech and press includes not only the right to utter or to print, but the right to distribute, the right to receive, and the right to read. Weiman v Updegraff (1952): The right of freedom of speech and press includes the freedom of inquiry, freedom of thought, and freedom to teach. ... The Vote Majority: Douglas Concurring: Brennan, Harlan, White, Goldberg Minority: Black, Stewart Effect of the Decision This decision went a long way to establishing a basic sphere of personal privacy to which all people are entitled. ...

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Over the past 40 years Affirmative Action has become a widely debated topic and has been expanded to include various groups. ... Originally designed to give ethnic minorities a better opportunity in a white dominated world the issue has become a beacon for any group discriminated against on the basis of gender, age or religious affiliation. ... Bush has been trying to keep the GOP's conservative base happy while at the same time wooing minorities. ...

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He states that because everyone is equal minorities get special privleges through affirmative action to insure they are equal. ... The kit includes a photo of Freeman in his costume as Theodore Joadson and then offers a worksheet with questions about the career of Joadson. ...

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But the practice of excluding minorities from juries persisted. ... But they also include fraud, drug offenses, racketeering, perjury (lying under oath), and other wrongdoing seen as a threat to society. ...

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