The legal requirement that companies and other organizations take positive steps to remedy the effects of past discrimination is known as
a. affirmative action.
b. the principle of comparable worth.
c. strict judicial scrutiny.
d. separate-but-equal.
e. reverse discrimination.
a
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The Supreme Court has interpreted the Second Amendment to protect an individual's right to own a(n) __________
Fill in the blank with the right word.
What conclusion can be reached from an examination of Figure 6.1?
a. Racial re-segregation has increased in the past couple of decades. b. A majority of students attend schools with ninety percent minority enrollment. c. Most African American students attend schools with ninety percent minority enrollment. d. American Indians are most likely to attend schools with a ninety percent minority enrollment. e. Affirmative action policies have increased the representation of minority students in predominately white schools.
How is policy advocacy justified from an ethical standpoint?
a. Social workers are more moral than the average population. b. Social workers are obliged to ensure that some clients receive more opportunities than others. c. Inequalities within society are morally objectionable. d. Intellectual challenges should not play a part in social policy.
International politics can be thought of as
a. puzzles. b. stories. c. games. d. cases.