AFROAM 236 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pink-Collar Worker, Reverse Discrimination, Wet Seal
25 Aug 2016
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Problem lacks enforcement power because when they were coming up with it the concession was that eeoc would not have too much power it could only monitor and try and mediate. They do not have enough staff or power to follow through and investigate further. 1970 starting to get a little more power because congress realizes racism is bigger than expected so the eeoc is able to target att, ford, sears 450 lawsuits due to this improvement in power. Att and sears get targeted for hiring very large female workplace and ford large black male staff. Regardless of who is president they always have a backlog of complaints. Affirmative actions were first in employment then education 1965 lyndon b. johnson. Affirmative action was supposed to be voluntary and. Toughest form is for each white person higher one underrepresented white person. For each man hired in a position of power one women hired in a position in power.
