Exam 10: Legal and Social Equality: The Struggle against Oppression and Bigotry

The concept of an "inherently suspect category" means that a legal classification must pass strict judicial and must be justified by a compelling government interest

The first distinct stage of the civil rights movement was to _____________.

Opponents of busing argue

Which of the following is NOT an argument offered by supporters of Affirmative Action policies?

States that have banned race-based school assignment in university admissions does NOT include

The California Civil Rights Initiative passed in 1996 and upheld by the Supreme Court in 1997

Illegal discrimination is found in employment if tests used for employment,promotion or membership is failed by designated groups unless the job relevance of the test can be proved.

Whose interest does it serve to have a flow of cheap labor from Mexico?

Afrocentrism is a movement that goes beyond stressing the roles of black in American History and culture.Proponents claim that _______________.

Which of the following differences between men and women have the courts allowed?

Critics of affirmative action policy cite the following argument

Oklahoma City Board of Education v.Dowell (1991)forced local school districts to continue implementing federal busing orders.

The Fourteenth Amendment is concerned with

The median income of women in the work-force,when compared with the male median,during the last 10 years

Swann v.Charlotte Meckinberg Board of Education

Separate but equal was the national policy in place everywhere until 1954.Which court ruling was overturned by Brown vs.Board of Education of Topeka?

Segregation in public elementary and high schools in the past ten years has:

The Black Codes was a blatant example of the legal denial of equality to African Americans.

President Lawrence Summers of Harvard was forced to resign due to his politically incorrect statements position on the

The EEOC ruled that ADA covers not just physical disability,but also includes __________.