GOV 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: United Steelworkers, Reverse Discrimination, Human Capital
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Legacies of those wrongs shape people"s lives and opportunities today (so not the distant past) Wealth differences in african americans seen as legacy of slavery and pre-1965 apartheid. Dual education systems reduced human capital in african americans, People today did not commit the wrong . Individuals can overcome the costs of the wrong . Affirmative action policy not richly thought-out at the beginning. Reflected the civil rights ethos of the age. Diverted the debate from more radical (nationalistic) solutions that would arguably eliminate the need for continued remedial policies. Used instrumentally by republicans to win the support of conservative whites. Claims of reverse discrimination enter the popular debate. People who didn"t commit the wrong pay the price. United steelworkers of america v. weber (1979) Michigan cases and current constitutional law (2003) Fisher v. the uni of texas at austin (2013 & 2016) Listen to national public radio justices seek strict scrutiny" in.
