... in its original intent; however, the enforcement of this law has terribly perverted its spirit. In order to enforce this law, certain civil action groups have persuaded law makers to adopt a test for discrimination based on proportionality rather than opportunity and interest. This presents a problem: that proportionality is a gender quota system that discriminates against men ... rather than promoting opportunity for woman; and should not be used to enforce Title IX. Instead, equity of opportunity should be based on the interests of the students. What is proportionality? "Proportionali...

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... minorities. In July of 1995 there was a decision made by the Board of Regents of the University of California to end race and gender-based preferences in admissions (240). Five months later, Proposition 209 was passed which is a state constitutional amendment that brought the exclusion of the use of race and gender-based decision-making in public institutions (240). These laws caused a ... debate over affirmative action, which leads us to the question: Should the UC's race-based affirmative action admissions policies be reinstated? The response I have for this ongoing debate is that I t...

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... hiring and employment practices were free of racial bias [Hud99]. Two more executive orders in 1965 and 1968 prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, and gender, giving the federal government the power to enforce this prohibition [Hud99]. However, in current times, affirmative action programs have suffered major setbacks. Affirmative action in education has been abolished in Texas by court ... , high school, and college levels that they too can pursue scientific fields. Affirmative action programs encouraging gender equality in academia must be improved....

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... also applied to affirmative action programs mandated by Congress as well as those undertaken by government agencies 1995: On July 20, 1995, the University of California Regents voted to remove consideration of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, color or national origin in admissions, contracting and hiring. 1995: In August of 1995 Governor Wilson filed suit against many state agencies ... , both potential and real, which are inherent in affirmative action. Reagan wanted to reform affirmative action to give all qualified individuals the opportunity to be fairly considered for employment, ...

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... formally. Fairness, it assumes, requires treating everyone the same allowing everyone to enter the competition for a position, and evaluating each person's results the same way. If everyone takes the same test, and every applicants test is evaluated in the same manner, then the assessment is fair. So affirmative action is unfair because it takes race and gender into account; and thus evaluates some test results differently. A racial premise of this ... fairness challenge to affirmative action is the assumption that tests afford opportunity to demonstrate ... ...

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... 1978 ruled numerical goals and quotas regarding ethnicity and gender illegal . In 1995 the Congressional Research Service turned up 160 laws and regulations one third of which are still enforced laws setting numerical goals and quotas. In 1994 the Los Angeles Fire Department refused five thousand white men from taking their qualifying test because the department had not yet met its minority and ... gender hiring goals . If a house or a building is on fire, the firefighters" gender or ethnic background should not play a role in comparison with their ability to ... save people's lives. T...

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... who either get jobs or are accepted to schools. To know the only reason you were accepted was because of your race or gender can damage anyone's mind state. Known as "stereotype threat" which is "how racial and gender stereotypes, floating and abstract though they might seem, can affect concrete things, like grades, test scores, and academic identity" (Steele 211). This is just another ... disadvantage put onto minorities through affirmative action which makes it even harder for them to become successful. The most apparent and disturbing flaw in affirmative action is how ... harder or ...

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... affirmative action to ensure that greater opportunity for minorities did not come at the expense of the majority. Allan Blake, a white medical school applicant, claimed that he had been discriminated against by the University of California's admissions program. The school twice had rejected him, while several minority students with test scores that were significantly lower than his had been admitted. Bakke charged ... that he had been rejected only because he was white. People of all throughout the country protested Bakke's claim of reverse discrimination. It ... exorcised his right to v...

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... called for minorities and women to be given special consideration in employment, education and contracting decisions. After the United States Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, certain items became apparent. What seemed like the norm in business traditions, such as seniority status and aptitude test, prevented total equality in employment. Then, President Lyndon B. Johnson decided that some action should be ... where affirmative action is still in effect, according to research by UC Berkeley. The current census for all UC "s shows a drastic decline since proposition 209 went i...

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... practices and requirements to discriminate against minorities, there were many practices that inadvertently promoted discrimination. In the 1971 case Griggs v. Duke Power Co., this issue was brought to the Supreme Court. In this case, the Duke Power Company required employees to have a high school diploma and pass a written test for advancement. The African American employees felt this was unfair, as they had not been allowed ... legal aspects, is the desire for integration with the intent of achieving racial and gender diversity. Socially, the desired effects of affirmative action are ...

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... will support my idea that affirmative action is necessary because it follows the evolution of civil right s in the United States. I believe that affirmative action is necessary when a qualified person loses an opportunity to advance socially, politically or economically due to race, gender, or socioeconomic status. For the purpose of the position paper I would like to state my definition of affirmative action ... advantage that would be otherwise completely out of their league. According to an article in the U.S. News and World Report minorities are proving that they deserve a chance to ...

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... study of learning at a Spanish immersion school in St. Paul. A Turkish international student made valuable contributions when we discussed another student's research on the significance of gendered features of the Japanese language. (Turkish lacks the kinds of grammatical gender marking found in Japanese and other languages spoken by class members.) Students with multiple cultures or origin introduced challenging perspectives on issues of cultural ... about living in California is that you get to know different types of people. That's one thing that's good about America" (Bronner C! alifo...

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