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Discrimination in employment -- Government policy.
Discrimination in employment -- Government policy -- United States.
Discrimination -- Government policy.
Discrimination -- Government policy -- United States.
Civil rights.
Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Affirmative action programs.
Affirmative action programs -- United States -- History.
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Discrimination in employment -- Government policy.
Discrimination in employment -- Government policy -- United States.
Discrimination -- Government policy.
Discrimination -- Government policy -- United States.
Civil rights.
Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Affirmative action programs.
Affirmative action programs -- United States -- History.
MARC Display
Affirmative
action
: still necessary or unfair advantage? / [edited by] The New York Times Editorial Staff.
New York Times Educational Publishing, c2021.
Call #:
331.1330973 A256
Subjects
Discrimination in employment
--
Government policy.
Discrimination in employment
--
Government policy
--
United
States
.
Discrimination
--
Government policy.
Discrimination
--
Government policy
--
United
States
.
Civil rights.
Civil rights
--
United
States
--
History
.
Affirmative
action
programs
.
Affirmative
action
programs
--
United
States
--
History
.
Series
In the headlines.
ISBN:
9781642823189 (hc)
Alternate title:
Still necessary or unfair advantage?
Description:
224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"Educational Publishing Books".
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction
--
Chapter 1- The new deal: the dawn of U.S.
affirmative
action
--
Chapter 2- Civil rights march
affirmative
action
forward
--
Chapter 3- 'Reverse discrimination' threatens progress
--
Chapter 4-
Affirmative
action
in academia
--
Chapter 5- The future of
affirmative
action
.
Summary:
Affirmative
action
is a set of laws or policies that favors disenfranchised groups in efforts to compensate for the discriminatory practices of the past. The term first appeared in U.S. legislature in the 1930s, and has taken many forms. It has championed for those who have been discriminated against for their age, class, gender, race, or physical ability.
Affirmative
action
has addressed discrimination in housing rights, employment, pay equality, civil rights, and academic admissions. These New York Times stories chronicle some of our government's greatest applications of
affirmative
action
.
Other authors:
New York Times Editorial Staff.
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