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Who Needs Affirmative Action.
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Ginger, Ann Fagan – Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, 1979
Affirmative action and reverse discrimination are discussed. Facts that were omitted from the court record on the Bakke case are examined. The need for encouraging minority students and women to continue to press for school admission and for lawyers to continue to press affirmative action suits is stressed. (MC)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights
From Brown to Bakke: The Long Road to Equality.
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Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, 1979
The Bakke case is the most recent of many cases in which the Supreme Court has assessed the impact of the Brown decision that racial discrimination in education is unconstitutional. The Bakke decision has established that race is a factor which may constitutionally be considered in university admissions under certain circumstances. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Desegregation Litigation, Equal Education
Court-Ordered Hiring Quotas After Stotts: A Narrative on the Role of the Moralities of the Web and the Ladder in Employment Discrimination Doctrine.
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Spiegelman, Paul J. – Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, 1985
Provides an overview of controversies over the legality of employment quotas. Asserts that the realities of human relationships (which form a metaphorical "web") cannot always be recognized and considered by the courts (which operate as a metaphorical "ladder"). (KH)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Court Role