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Congress’S Goal Of The Protection Of Civil Rights Of Persons With Disabilities: Facing The Challenge Of A Narrowing Supreme Court, Amy M. (Amy Michelle) Kalman Apr 2002

Congress’S Goal Of The Protection Of Civil Rights Of Persons With Disabilities: Facing The Challenge Of A Narrowing Supreme Court, Amy M. (Amy Michelle) Kalman

WWU Honors College Senior Projects

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was enacted with lofty goals. One of them was to call to the attention of the American people that "disability Is part of the human experience; all citizens have an Interest in ensuring that the values that form the basis for the ADA pervade our national life." More than ten years later, it cannot be correctly argued that complete equality of treatment and opportunity has been achieved for persons with disabilities through the ADA. When Congress created the act, as was seen in other federal civil rights legislation. It listed its prime mandate …


Discrimination Against Canadian Colours, Veevek Thankey Jan 2002

Discrimination Against Canadian Colours, Veevek Thankey

University Avenue Undergraduate Journal of Economics

Canada is a nation of immigrants. Decades of open and compassionate immigration policies have earned Canada a solid reputation abroad in this regard. However, as long as there has been immigration in this country, concerns have existed over the impact of immigration on the labour market and, more importantly, the role that discrimination plays regarding income differentials. This paper will analyze the earning differentials of immigrants, which shall be defined as ethnic minorities.