Racial and Ethnic Politics in America
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- Created on: 27-05-13 08:58
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- Racial and Ethnic Politics
- How racially and ethnically diverse is the USA?
- White = 71.9%
- Black = 12.1%
- Asian/Other =4.5%
- Hispanic = 11.5%
- What has been the effect of affirmative action?
- March 1961 = EEOC
- 1965 = Executive Order - federal gov contractors to take Affirmative Action
- 1978 - Regents of Uni of California vs. Bakke
- 1995 - Adarand Constructors vs. Pena
- 1997 - California banned AA (Proposition 209)
- 2007 - Parents Involved in Community Schools vs. Seattle School District
- How well are racial and ethnic minorities represented in the fed gov?
- Congress
- 2013 = 42 AA in Congress (2 senators)
- 2013 = 37 Hispanic and Latinos in Congress (3 senators)
- Executive
- 1972 = first serious AA contended for pr
- 1984 = Jesse Jackson finished 3rd
- 2008 = Obama
- Blacks = 11% of senior managers in 2006
- Judiciary
- 1967 = Thurgood Marshall
- 2000 = 83% of all judges were white, 9% black and 4.5% Hispanic
- Congress
- How racially and ethnically diverse is the USA?
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