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Civil Rights and Discrimination

Selected Works

2019

Affirmative action

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The Constitutionality Of Affirmative Action: Views From The Supreme Court, Jesse H. Choper Aug 2019

The Constitutionality Of Affirmative Action: Views From The Supreme Court, Jesse H. Choper

Jesse H Choper

No abstract provided.


The Deserving Poor, The Undeserving Poor, And Class-Based Affirmative Action, Khiara M. Bridges Jul 2019

The Deserving Poor, The Undeserving Poor, And Class-Based Affirmative Action, Khiara M. Bridges

Khiara M Bridges

This Article is a critique of class-based affirmative action. It begins by observing that many professed politically conservative individuals have championed class-based affirmative action. However, it observes that political conservatism is not typically identified as an ideology that generally approves of improving the poor’s well-being through the means that class-based affirmative action employs — that is, through redistributing wealth by taking wealth from a wealthy individual and giving it directly to a poor person. This is precisely what class-based affirmative action does: it takes a seat in an incoming class (a species of wealth) from a wealthy individual and gives …


More Than Just The Numbers: Fisher V. Texas And The Practical Impact Of Texas’S Top Ten Percent Law, Shakira D. Pleasant Jun 2019

More Than Just The Numbers: Fisher V. Texas And The Practical Impact Of Texas’S Top Ten Percent Law, Shakira D. Pleasant

Shakira D. Pleasant

No abstract provided.