-Those with civil rights often believe you cant change morality by passing a law.
-Dr. King judicial decrees may not change the heart but they can restrain the heartless.
- The civil rights act 1964 passed after the longest debate in senate history. 83 days.
- voting provision is who can vote, how old you have to be, where you can vote.
- Changed public services.
- Federal funding program could not discriminate for those reasons.
- Employers and labor unions also could not discriminate for those reasons.
-Civil rights act of 1968 open living space to a person due to race, religion, national housing is still one of the most segregated.
- Title 9 forbids discrimination any program on the basis of gender.
- Affirmative action requires employers take positive steps to fix the affects of past discrimination .
- Employers must meet quotas for minority groups genders.
- Many argue this result in reverse discrimination against the majority group. They are denied opportunities.
- Many employers say people should be color blind.
- They want to be seen for their effort and ability to work. Not the race, skin color or any of that.
- California, Washington, Michigan and Nebraska voters passed measured to eliminate all affirmative action plans.
- The Bakke Case. Allen Bakke sued the University of California because he was denied acess to their medical school due to affirmative action.
-Since the Bakke case the court has made decisions regarding similar cases, quotas can be used when needed.
- Justice Sandra J OConnor predicts in 25 years, the use of racial prefrences will no longer be necessary.
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