Affirmative Action : Legislating Equality and Opportunity

✍ Scribed by Mary-Lane Kamberg

Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 82
Series: A Celebration of the Civil Rights Movement Ser.
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Since the 1960s, the United States government has issued executive orders and passed legislation aimed at achieving fair workplace hiring practices. Critics maintain that, in an attempt to ameliorate past injustices, the government has gone too far by practicing affirmative action--what opponents call "reverse discrimination." Students can use this book as a guide to the history of affirmative action, crucial moments in the timeline of this cause, and a better understanding of what affirmative actions practices may mean for the future.

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