AFFIRMATIVE ACTION - THE ANSWER TO DISCRIMINATION?

• NCJ Number: 58987
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 40 pages
• Corporate Author: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
• Sale Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: AEI (AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE) ROUND TABLE HELD AT WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 28, 1975. PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED RALPH K WINTER, JR, AS MODERATOR, AS WELL AS OWEN FISS, RICHARD POSNER, VERA GLASER, WILLIAM RASPBERRY, AND PAUL SEABURY

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LAWYERS, ACADEMICIANS, AND JOURNALISTS DISCUSS THE LEGAL AND MORAL CONSEQUENCES OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, A FEDERAL PROGRAM FOR COMBATING DISCRIMINATION.

Abstract

THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE PANEL DISCUSSION IS PRESENTED WITHOUT EDITORIAL COMMENT. THE DEBATE CENTERS AROUND THESE BROAD QUESTIONS: HOW FAR SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT INTRUDE INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN DICTATING GOALS TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION? SHOULD PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES BE THE SOLE CRITERION IN HIRING? DO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS ENTAIL PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT? IF SO, IS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT CONSTITUTIONAL? IS THERE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN GOALS AND QUOTAS? HAS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ITS ENFORCEMENT OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION GUIDELINES? THE PANEL, MODERATED BY RALPH K. WINTER, JR., OF THE YALE LAW SCHOOL, INCLUDES OWEN FISS, PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE YALE LAW SCHOOL; RICHARD POSNER, PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL; VERA GLASER, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST FOR KNIGHT NEWSPAPERS AND WTOP RADIO COMMENTATOR; WILLIAM RASPBERRY, COLUMNIST FOR THE WASHINGTON POST; AND PAUL SEABURY, PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY. THE DISCUSSION WAS HELD AT AN AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ROUND TABLE HELD ON MAY 28, 1975. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)