The following quote by the former United States Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, seems to summarize the government's perception of this sensitive subject: An Affirmative Action Plan is a "careful, systematic analysis of who you've got, who's out there, and how you are going to broaden opportunity. ... Throughout the history of the United States of America the intense and controversial view of "equality" has been a hot topic. ... As a human being and especially as a citizen of the United States of America, I believe that civil rights are a very intricate part of our existenc...

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United States Steel Corporations had developed to become such gigantic industries by 1962, that the welfare of the country they operated in had much influence by their actions. ... All while appropriately offering an array of reports ranging from the Bureau of labor and Wall Street Journal to Secretary at the time, Robert McNamara. ...

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 The year was 1964, crisis had stretched itself across the globe, and the United States was in the thick of it. ... Backed by law, the EEOC now held firm ground in the United States. ... It was believed that a victory for Bakke would be the first steps in dismantling the affirmative action policy of the United States. ... His election signaled a changing of the guard from the anti-affirmative action policies that had dominated the United States for over a decade. ...

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