POL 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Pregnancy Discrimination, Seneca Falls Convention, Glass Ceiling
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State needs a very compelling reason for treating people differently (especially on the basis of race) Quasi-suspect classifications: intermediate standard view of review. Rights denied on the basis of race: african americans. The aftermath of the civil war: black codes, reconstruction. Segregation and the era of jim crow: poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses. Plessy v. ferguson (1896: established separate but equal doctrine, upholds segregation. Attempts to overturn plessy: missouri ex rel gaines v. canada (1938) Supreme court decision that states with white schools had to provide in- state education to black students as well: sweatt v. painter (1950) Successfully challenged the separate but equal doctrine of racial segregation: brown v. board of education (1954) Development of the civil rights movement: bus boycotts, sit-ins, nonviolent protests. De jure discrimination: discrimination arising from or supported by law. Overcome with procedural policies: de facto discrimination. Discrimination that is the result of tradition or habit.
