ANTH 23 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Revised Philadelphia Plan, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Anth 23 lecture 19 the rise of affirmative action. Currently working on sociology of immigration, science, international students. Became beneficial for male elites in government: crisis created by riots in 1960"s, administrative difficulties of civil rights agencies, nixon administration"s political support, reliance on appeals to tradition in political system. Government policy that gives a positive meaning to nonclass noneconomic group difference. Quotas or preferences intended to ensure certain, predetermined proportion of minority group representation. Goals that firms/universities/government use to ensure equal opportunity. Specific quotas not enforced, not only concerned with equal opportunity. 1964 civil rights act: fairness as norm, eeoc to address individual acts of discrimination. Affirmative action makes employers and universities recognize differences and exerts pressure on them to favor non-whites: color-conscious. 1961: term first appears in jfk"s executive order. 1964: civil rights act outlaws discrimination, created equal employment opportunity. Late 1960"s: eeoc holds public hearings to shame firms with low percentages of women and minorities.
