... effects of past discrimination against a group. It has been widely criticized for creating reverse discrimination in the workplace and at schools. Until the 1960s, barriers prevented blacks and other minorities from entering many jobs and educational institutions. Born in the midst of the modern civil rights movement, affirmative action was originally a phrase in a government order demanding that employers ... After much debate in Congress, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed and was signed into law. It covered only private employers, but in 1972 it was amended to include labor unions, ...

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... Reagan's "Just Say No" campaign; the campaign focus was on white children. The problem with this is that many people say the core of the drug problem is inner-city minorities. Essentially, the war on drugs is protecting one group from another when looked at in this perspective. The drug problem is nationwide, spanning much further than the inner-city areas ... abuse by preventing abuse of other substances, such as cigarettes and alcohol; children are exposed to advertisements for these products everyday increasing their potential to experiment with substances. Ideas also include making ...

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... send their kids to a private religious school but some don't have the funds to do this. Some say that the government should offer tuition vouchers so that the poor and minorities can have a choice. This seems to be a good idea but there are many debates in whether or not it is constitutional. In the following I will discuss why vouchers are a horrible ... any experiments with vouchers yet. Right now there are two programs providing public dollars to pay tuition for low-income students to attend private schools, in Milwaukee and Cleveland. Both include religious schools. These are consid...

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