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Affirmative Action: introduction
 Introduction
| Definitions | In favor | Opposed | Internet | Questions
Supporters of affirmative action say that they want to
repair the problems caused by centuries of racial, ethnic, and gender
discrimination. Affirmative action programs try to promote economic
justice by encouraging diversity in the classroom and/or workplace.
Opponents of affirmative action fear that these programs
simply replace one form of discrimination with another, one that
discriminates in favor of minorities and women.
Public
Agenda: Race polling data and analysis
Distribution
of USA Household Income by Race
Brown
v. Board of Education
Regents
of the University of California v. Bakke and more
information
Global
Issues: Racism
Affirmative
Action and Diversity Project includes news updates,
statements of position from politicians and others, and information on
background issues such as 'Individual versus Group Rights,' related
issues such as the use of second languages ('Language Multiplicity'),
and sub-topics such as 'Quotas and Proportional Representation.'
The
History of Affirmative Action Policies time line of key
presidential orders, court cases, and from Americans for a Fair Chance,
a pro-affirmative action group; see also a timeline of Major
Affirmative Action Rulings
Encarta:
Affirmative Action
Race,
Gender, and Affirmative Action resources
Affirmative
Action and Civil Rights
Frequently
Asked Questions About Employment Discrimination
The
Origins of Affirmative Action from a pro-Affirmative Action
site
Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Affirmative Action
Race
and Ethnicity
Sociology
of Race and Ethnicity
Affirmative Action policy statements
'affirmative
action policy statement' search over 1,800 documents found on
an internet search of the Google database; also, the same search
restricted to commercial
or educational
sites
Honda
United
States Department of Labor
City of
Cambridge Mass
City
of Provo, UT
City
of Trenton, NJ
Krieger
& Stewart engineering consultants
Vinson
& Elkins law firm
University
of Pennsylvania
University
of Western Australia
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