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Affermative Action and civil rights (AA key cases (Jim crow laws (these…
Affermative Action and civil rights
AA key cases
Grutter Vs Bollinger 2003
the university of michigan can consider race when it comes to an applicant
the supreme court ruled in favour of this due to it meeting scrutiny standards
Fisher vs Uni of texas 2013
Abigail Fisher a white applied for a non 10% in state ap;location to the university of Texas. she argued it was due to the fact that she was a White woman
ruled ion favor of fisher
Gratz Vs Bollinger 2003
it was a case based around weather or not if the university of Michigan give applicants extra point purely based on if they are a minority
The court ruled against this due to them arguing it breached the constitution
Civil rights act 1964
banned discrimination based on race, gender, religion, country of origin etc
voting rights act 1965
this prevented states with a discriminatory past having to ask to for the governments permission to change voting laws. it also banned literacy tests for voting rights
Jim crow laws
these are laws that discriminate against blacks primarily seen in the south
Affermative action
it is the idea that minority groups should be given assistance in education and the work place. this can be seen with quotas . this tends to be associated With African Americans due to AA compensating for the oppression of slavery and segregation.
For
can be seen as compensation for the years of oppression and the fact that once the oppression ended it left African Americans at a disadvantages as they did not have the same opptunties as their counterparts
there is still racial discrimination within society with issues such as police brutality and racial profiling. along with this racism is engrained in society e.g. people are more likely to hire people like them
it increases diversity and in turn it increases peoples trust in the systerm.
allows the persuit of the American dream
against
it can cause reverse racism as seen with fisher v Texas uni
it can discriminate agaisnt asians and whites as seen with blacks only neededing to get 110 in sat to get into a good uni while whites need 148 and asian need 158 .
may no longer be required in modern socity
other minorities have done well without support
it would be more effective to do AA based on wealth and other socio economic issues rather than race.
Mis match idea
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de facto discrimination
it is social racism and its why AA exists
de jure discrimination
it is legal discrimination but was outlawed by the civil rights act & voting rights act
civil right &liberties
civil rights
are limits on the power of the majority to prevent them exploiting the minority and ensure equality
the supreme court has constitutional power over civil rights and has power of liberties due to the vagueness of constitution . the court has more power over liberties due to them not being defined unlike rights in the bill of rights.
Civil liberties
limits on the government to stop them imposing on a persons freedoms and rights.
key cases