Affirmative Action's Fight Against Racism And Sexism
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Contrary to popular opinion, affirmative action does not only function for the benefit of blacks, but other minorities and women. Affiramtive action is a policy born in the civil rights era about three decades ago. Currently, affirmative action has been in the hot seat for Florida at the hands o ....
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.... needed in the work place. There was a case in 1975 concerning 28 of the local Sheet Metal Workers' International Assoc. The association had been discriminating against black workers. They adopted discriminating admission criteria, restricted the size of memebership and organized shops with very few minority workers. In reaction to this, the Supreme Court backed an order ruling that the associaton required a 29% minority membership goal. Without an actual court ruling, blacks would still be ....
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