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Equality in America: Race and Gender Perspectives

Explore the state of race and gender equality in contemporary America, including laws, policies, and public opinion. Learn about Affirmative Action, Gender Equality in the Constitution, Race and Civil Rights movements, and the economic impacts of gender equality. Analyze the 14th Amendment's role and reconsideration, challenges such as school segregation and the earnings gap, and the impact of the #MeToo era. Discover the history of race and public policy, including the case for reparations, and think beyond affirmative action for a more inclusive society.

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Equality in America: Race and Gender Perspectives

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  1. Equality: Race and Gender

  2. Introduction: Equality • Equality under the law • Equality under the law in practice • Equality of opportunity • Defining equality of opportunity • Race, gender, and the 14th amendment

  3. State of race and equality in contemporary America • So? • …some charts • The case for reparations—the history of race and public policy • So?

  4. Race, public opinion, and politics

  5. Affirmative Action-- briefly • What is it? • Supreme Court position on Affirmative Action and Employment • Affirmative Action in Higher Education • Thinking beyond affirmative action

  6. Gender Equality and the Constitution • Equal protection? • Gender equality in contemporary America • Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) • 14th Amendment Reconsidered • Gender, policy, and the public

  7. Gender Equality and the Economy • Economic participation • Civil Rights law • Title VII and Title IX • Earnings Gap • Gender equality in the #metoo era

  8. Race and Civil Rights • School Segregation • Brown vs. Board of Education • Legacy of Brown • Recent Developments • Civil Rights Movement • Non-violent resistance • Civil Rights Act of 1964

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