affirmative action

Affirmative Action: Incorporate Page #’s when citing
History of issue:
Industrial jobs in the North (before WW1) went to white European immigrants. “Not until WWI were blacks given significant access to Northern labor markets” (Steinberg) [through Anti-Discr. Order in Fed. Defense Contracting 1941 Roosevelt passed] [He was afraid that countries overseas would see flaws in our world power democracy.] [Class notes]

After Civil Rights Movement, to ensure that blacks were given same opportunity. Ie: James Meredith was denied admission at Ole Mis (Eyes on the Prize video) because of his race.
AA was meant to “even the playing field” by establishing a point system to include race as a factor.

Present state of policy:
Presently Prop 209 has completely eliminated AA in California altogether. Race cannot be a determining factor in anyway in regards to education or hiring practices. Other states like FL, Washington (D.C.) [NY]. have also eliminated the use of AA. The ir...