Compare And Contrast Plessy V. Ferguson

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1. Describe Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) landmark Supreme Court case. After the Civil War, black people were not allowed in places reserved for white people. Homer Plessy was mostly white but was somewhat mixed black. He got on a white-only railroad car, and was arrested when he refused to leave. He first took the case to local and state courts in Louisiana, where they ruled on behalf of the separating. The case was noticed by citizens which helped him to it to the united states supreme court. And the ruling was still with the separation as long as both white and black people had equal protection which stated “separate but equal”. 2. What is Affirmative Action? Policies that focus on race, religion, sex, and color. 3. What is the purpose of affirmative Action? • to increase the image of women in the employment, education, and business fields. • Promote equal…show more content…
What is the difference between Affirmative Action and Quotas? In the United States, quotas are used only when a court decides that a company has a history of discriminating and still does. 9. Describe the state of race relations today? Over all, the state of race relations in the United States has been improving within the last decade. Now that we have Mr. Obama as a black president shows how people think deferent these days since the 60’s. CBS news reported after a survey in 2009 that 59% of black people said that the relationship is in a good state which was 29% before the election. 10. Affirmative Action is banned in Michigan, as a result of the ban will racism, discrimination and prejudice e eliminated in the workplace, educational arena or our personal lives? Affirmative Action as a program has achieved its goal so now people feel like they’re over the race issue and they want to focus on other subjects. That doesn’t mean that it’s gone but it’s definitely at a way better level than it used to be. 11. What is your stand on Affirmative Action? (for neutral or against – explain your
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