Word: quotas
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Steiner noted that the Education Department'sfinding was consistent with the Supreme Court'sanalysis of Harvard affirmative action policies inthe 1978 case, University of California v.Bakke. In that case, the majority struck downa quota system used at UC Davis, and citedHarvard's admissions policies--which give membersof minority groups preferential tips but do notset numerical quotas on admissions--as the idealalternative...
...dictate that you cut your losses and reach a settlement with the complaintant. Or worse, you might avoid the whole bloody scenario by hiring applicants in accordance with the community's racial and sex composition. Little wonder that thoughtful critics have labled the act a "litigation bonanza" and a "quota bill...
AFFIRMATIVE action helped create a prosperous Black middle class during the 1970s, but it has probably done much to stir racial tensions between Blacks and whites as well. Moreover, the framers of the 1964 Civil Rights Act never envisioned their legislation as the precursor to quotas and set-asides. In a speech on the Senate floor before passage of the 1964 Act, Hubert Humphrey declared that Title VII, which bans racial and sex discrimination, "does not provide that any quota systems may be established to maintain racial balance in employment...
...Thornburgh has angered the civil rights community with a strong stance against the pending Kennedy-Hawkins legislation, which would make it easier to prove job discrimination. Calling the measure a "quota bill," he has refused to compromise on his opposition to language that would give women and minorities the right to sue for damages. Ralph Neas, director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, says Thornburgh's "statement and positions have been extremely harsh...
...have an agreement that limits the annual catch Japan can take from those waters. According to Japanese investigators, the Shoho Fisheries Co. struck a deal with a North Korean fishing outfit to lease Japanese boats and market the catch, rigging the ships with Korean flags to circumvent the Japanese quota...