Advantages and Controversy of US "Affirmative Action" concerning African - Americans


Term Paper (Advanced seminar), 2010

23 Pages, Grade: 1,0


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Table of Contents

1 Introduction

2 Affirmative Action: Dealing with Diversity

3 History of Affirmative Action Politics concerning African-Americans: From Civil Rights Movement to Civil Rights Act of 1964
3.1 Situation of African- Americans in the 1950s..
3.2 Legal foundations: The beginning of affirmative action under President Lyndon B. Johnson

4 Affirmative Action: essential policy for social inclusion or “reverse discrimination”?
4.1 Political arguments and Legal Aspects for implementing Affirmative Action.
4.2 The socio-economic argument for Affirmative Action.
4.3 4.3 Controversy: Affirmative Action as “reverse discrimination”?

5 Conclusion: The future of Affirmative Action

6 Bibliography
6.1 Primary Sources
6.2 Secondary Sources

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Title
Advantages and Controversy of US "Affirmative Action" concerning African - Americans
College
University of Kassel  (FB 05 - Geschichte Großbritanniens und Nordamerikas)
Course
Hauptseminar: Immigration and Ethnicity in American History
Grade
1,0
Author
Year
2010
Pages
23
Catalog Number
V153507
ISBN (eBook)
9783640657490
ISBN (Book)
9783640658091
File size
489 KB
Language
English
Keywords
affirmative action, social inclusion, african - americans, reverse discrimination, civil rights act, equality doctrine, equal treatment, democratic society, participation, quotas
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Katharina Fischer (Author), 2010, Advantages and Controversy of US "Affirmative Action" concerning African - Americans, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/153507

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