Affirmative Action Defended: Exploding the Myths of a Slandered Policy.

Wilson, Carter A.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Affirmative Action Defended: Exploding the Myths of a Slandered Policy.

Wilson, Carter A.

Black Scholar, v17 n3 p19-24 May 1986

Argues that the recent EEOC proposal to abandon using hiring goals and timetables to settle discrimination suits would decimate Federal commitment to affirmative action policies. Reexamines the musunderstood circumstances surrounding the Bakke case and the evolution of civil rights and affirmative action policies to support his case. (ETS)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Stereotypes, Civil Rights, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Political Power, Quotas, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, Reverse Discrimination, Socioeconomic Influences

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Bakke v Regents of University of California

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