15. economic inequality Flashcards
1
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key term
affirmative action
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change in late 1960s
policy of helping AA by a form of positive action and quotas for education and employment
controversial and reduced during republican administration of Ronald Reagen in 1980s
2
Q
Nixon’s Executive order 11578 =
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required all employers with federal contracts to draft affirmative action policies to activley promote AA
3
Q
Act of 1972 extends equal employment legislation to
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all federal, state and local govs
4
Q
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 (employment) =
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businesses have to show any discrimination in employment did not spring from racial discrimination but was based on genuine requirements of the company
