race rights

Question 1

what is affirmative action

Answer 1

positive discrimination to aim for equality of outcome

Question 2

what are some examples of affirmative action

Answer 2

busing ( encouraging ethnic minority children to go to white dominated schools)
quotas (organisations aiming to have more ethnic minorities as members)

Question 3

what is grantz vs bollinger 2003 case and what was the supreme courts ruling

Answer 3

the university of michigan gave ethnic minorities 20 out of 150 required points automatically.

the supreme court ruled this unconstitutional. justice o’connor said that minorities should be judes as individuals

Question 4

what is the ‘parents involved in community schools v seattle school district case and what was the supreme courts rulings

Answer 4

schools in seattle had a quota on how many ethnic minority students they wanted to attend their schools.
the supreme court ruled this unconstitutional to accept students just to achieve racial balance .

Question 5

what is busing

Answer 5

the mandatory movement of students from racially homogeneous areas to increase racial diversity

Question 6

what are quotas

Answer 6

a programme where a percentage of places in an institution is reserved for ethnic minorities