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Topic: Against Affirmative Action

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  Action    Affirmative Action Plan  
  Affirmative Action laws    Anti Affirmative Action  
  History of Affirmative Action    Affirmative Action Statistics  
  ARTICLE 6 par ANTI DISCRIMINATION AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION    Pros and cons of affirmative action  

 
 
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

NON-DISCRIMINATION The District and the Union agree there shall be no discrimination against any employee or prospective employee due to race, color, creed, sex, age or national origin, marital status or disability as provided in Federal and State legislation and further agree to support affirmative action efforts provided that such efforts are not in conflict with this agreement.
The Company takes affirmative action to insure that applicants and employees covered under Executive Order 11246, as amended in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and/or the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, are not discriminated against because of their race, color, sex, national origin, status as an individual with a disability or status as a disabled and/or Vietnam Era Veteran.
The Affirmative Action Program is designed to ensure that: appropriate action is taken to eliminate discrimination against women in relation to employment matters; and measures are taken to promote equal opportunity for women in relation to employment matters.
Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor

We recognise and seek to facilitate grassroots movements and community initiatives that are working towards ecological responsibility, social justice, affirmative action on behalf of groups who are discriminated against, Aboriginal land rights, peace, and Third World development.
Supreme Court, appealing an anti-affirmative action decision on university admissions, is partly aimed at stemming lawsuits against Texas officials over civil rights.
Affirmative action and college admissions: Wednesday President Bush came out against what he termed a "quota system" in place at the University of Michigan's campuses.
John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant

Whites, accordingly, in order to defend themselves against racial discrimination by governmental entities, must be prepared to combat affirmative action preferences now and forever (or at least until the Fourteenth Amendment is repealed) at each and every level of state and local government.
The political transition from the old, male-dominated, "apartheid" South Africa to the new, democratic South Africa with its emphasis on equal rights for both genders and even affirmative action favouring women, may have created a perception among some males that they are being discriminated against.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

Khalilah noted that while the outcome of these cases would not directly affect private universities such as Stanford, a decision against affirmative action could still affect Stanford’s admissions process.
Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate

It is the policy of the University of Illinois not to engage in discrimination or harassment against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, unfavorable discharge from the military, or status as a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era and to comply with all federal and state laws, orders, and regulations on discrimination, equal opportunity and affirmative action.
The plaintiffs contend that 209 violates the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause "because it restructures the political process to disadvantage those seeking to enact affirmative action programs designed to remedy past or present discrimination against women and minorities.
This would include (but not be limited to) the pursuing of domestic partnerships to stop the evident discrimination against same-sex and unmarried couples, better protection and fostering of a better environment in the workplace so that faculty and staff members do not have to fear for their livelyhood in order to express their sexuality, and an end to discrimination against LGB organizations with regards to funding, specifically within the AS and affirmative action groups that sponsor campus organizations.
 
 
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