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56 relations: Affirmative action, African Americans, All-women shortlist, Anti-racism, Asian quota, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Building a Better Legal Profession, Bumiputera (Malaysia), Central Asia, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Civil Rights Act of 1991, College admissions in the United States, Discrimination, Diversity (business), Edict, Equal opportunity, Equality of outcome, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, George H. W. Bush, George P. Shultz, Griggs v. Duke Power Co., Guangzhou, Interracial marriage, Jewish quota, Jurchen people, Khitan people, Koreans, Kublai Khan, Law firm, List of Yuan emperors, Mongols, National Origins Formula, Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses, Numerus clausus, Person of color, Puerto Rico, Race (human categorization), Racial segregation, Racism, Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke, Reservation in India, Reserved political positions, Reverse discrimination, Richard Nixon, Semu, Supreme Court of the United States, Tang dynasty, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, United States Department of Justice, ..., United States Department of Labor, United States Secretary of Labor, United Steelworkers, United Steelworkers v. Weber, Uyghurs, Yuan dynasty. Expand index (6 more) »
Affirmative action
Affirmative action, also known as reservation in India and Nepal, positive action in the UK, and employment equity (in a narrower context) in Canada and South Africa, is the policy of protecting members of groups that are known to have previously suffered from discrimination.
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African Americans
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.
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All-women shortlist
The use of all-women shortlists (AWS) is a positive action practice intended to increase the proportion of female Members of Parliament (MPs) in the United Kingdom, allowing only women to stand in particular constituencies for a particular political party.
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Anti-racism
Anti-racism includes beliefs, actions, movements, and policies adopted or developed to oppose racism.
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Asian quota
An Asian quota is a type of racial quota limiting the number of people of Asian descent in an establishment, a special case of Numerus clausus.
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Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is a historic seaport city in the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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Building a Better Legal Profession
Building a Better Legal Profession (BBLP) is a national grassroots organization founded by students at Stanford Law School in January 2007.
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Bumiputera (Malaysia)
Bumiputera or Bumiputra (Jawi: بوميڤوترا) is a Malaysian term to describe Malays and other indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia, i.e. the Malay world, used similarly as in Indonesia and Brunei.
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Central Asia
Central Asia stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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Civil Rights Act of 1991
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 is a United States labor law, passed in response to United States Supreme Court decisions that limited the rights of employees who had sued their employers for discrimination.
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College admissions in the United States
College admissions in the United States refers to the process of applying for entrance to institutions of higher education for undergraduate study at one of the nation's 2,675 schools.
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Discrimination
In human social affairs, discrimination is treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person based on the group, class, or category to which the person is perceived to belong.
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Diversity (business)
The "business case for diversity" stems from the progression of the models of diversity within the workplace since the 1960s.
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Edict
An edict is a decree or announcement of a law, often associated with monarchism, but it can be under any official authority.
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Equal opportunity
Equal opportunity arises from the similar treatment of all people, unhampered by artificial barriers or prejudices or preferences, except when particular distinctions can be explicitly justified.
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Equality of outcome
Equality of outcome, equality of condition, or equality of results is a political concept which is central to some political ideologies and is used regularly in political discourse, often in contrast to the term equality of opportunity.
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Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS; known as Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, URGS, between 1947 and 1950) is a Brazilian federal university based in Porto Alegre.
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George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.
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George P. Shultz
George Pratt Shultz (born December 13, 1920) is an American economist, elder statesman, and businessman.
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Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
Griggs v Duke Power Co, (1971), was a court case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 1970.
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Guangzhou
Guangzhou, also known as Canton, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong.
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Interracial marriage
Interracial marriage is a form of marriage outside a specific social group (exogamy) involving spouses who belong to different socially-defined races or racialized ethnicities.
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Jewish quota
A Jewish quota was a racial quota limiting the number of Jews in various establishments to a certain percentage.
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Jurchen people
The Jurchen (Manchu: Jušen; 女真, Nǚzhēn), also known by many variant names, were a Tungusic people who inhabited the region of Manchuria until around 1630, at which point they were reformed and combined with their neighbors as the Manchu.
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Khitan people
The Khitan people were a nomadic people from Northeast Asia who, from the 4th century, inhabited an area corresponding to parts of modern Mongolia, Northeast China and the Russian Far East.
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Koreans
Koreans (in South Korean; alternatively in North Korean,; see names of Korea) are an East Asian ethnic group originating from and native to Korea and southern and central Manchuria.
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Kublai Khan
Kublai (Хубилай, Hubilai; Simplified Chinese: 忽必烈) was the fifth Khagan (Great Khan) of the Mongol Empire (Ikh Mongol Uls), reigning from 1260 to 1294 (although due to the division of the empire this was a nominal position).
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Law firm
A law firm or a law company is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law.
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List of Yuan emperors
The following is a list of Emperors of the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) in China.
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Mongols
The Mongols (ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯᠴᠤᠳ, Mongolchuud) are an East-Central Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia and China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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National Origins Formula
The National Origins Formula was an American system of immigration quotas, used between 1921 and 1965, which restricted immigration on the basis of existing proportions of the population.
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Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses
The Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses in Germany began on April 1, 1933, and was claimed to be a defensive reaction to the Jewish boycott of German goods, which had been initiated but quickly abandoned in March 1933.
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Numerus clausus
Numerus clausus ("closed number" in Latin) is one of many methods used to limit the number of students who may study at a university.
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Person of color
The term "person of color" (plural: people of color, persons of color; sometimes abbreviated POC) is used primarily in the United States to describe any person who is not white.
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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (Spanish for "Rich Port"), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, "Free Associated State of Puerto Rico") and briefly called Porto Rico, is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea.
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Race (human categorization)
A race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society.
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Racial segregation
Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.
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Racism
Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another, which often results in discrimination and prejudice towards people based on their race or ethnicity.
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Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke,, was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Reservation in India
The system of reservation in India comprises a series of measures, such as reserving access to seats in the various legislatures, to government jobs, and to enrollment in higher educational institutions.
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Reserved political positions
Several politico-constitutional arrangements use reserved political positions, especially when endeavoring to ensure the rights of minorities or preserving a political balance of power.
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Reverse discrimination
Reverse discrimination is discrimination against members of a dominant or majority group, in favor of members of a minority or historically disadvantaged group.
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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so.
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Semu
Semu is the name of a caste established by the Yuan dynasty.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.
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Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty or the Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.
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United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The department is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the United States government in legal matters (such as in cases before the Supreme Court), and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions.
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United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, reemployment services, and some economic statistics; many U.S. states also have such departments.
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United States Secretary of Labor
The United States Secretary of Labor is a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and as the head of the U.S. Department of Labor, exercises control over the department, and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies.
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United Steelworkers
The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (United Steelworkers or USW) is the largest industrial labor union in North America, with 860,294 members.
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United Steelworkers v. Weber
United Steelworkers of America v. Weber,, was a case regarding affirmative action in which the United States Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not bar employers from favoring women and minorities.
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Uyghurs
The Uyghurs or Uygurs (as the standard romanisation in Chinese GB 3304-1991) are a Turkic ethnic group who live in East and Central Asia.
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Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty, officially the Great Yuan (Yehe Yuan Ulus), was the empire or ruling dynasty of China established by Kublai Khan, leader of the Mongolian Borjigin clan.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_quota
