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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arizona"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.1 Arizona </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arizona-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-California" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#California"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.2 California </div> </a> <ul id="toc-California-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Florida" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Florida"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.3 Florida </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Florida-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Idaho" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Idaho"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.4 Idaho </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Idaho-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Massachusetts" class="vector-toc-list-item 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vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Oklahoma"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.9 Oklahoma </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Oklahoma-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Texas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Texas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.10 Texas </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Texas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Washington" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Washington"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.11 Washington </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Washington-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Arguments_in_favor_of_affirmative_action" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arguments_in_favor_of_affirmative_action"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 Arguments in favor of affirmative action </div> </a> <button 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id="toc-African_Americans" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#African_Americans"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2.1 African Americans </div> </a> <ul id="toc-African_Americans-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hispanic_Americans" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hispanic_Americans"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2.2 Hispanic Americans </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hispanic_Americans-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Native_Americans" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Native_Americans"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2.3 Native Americans </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Native_Americans-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Asian_Americans" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Asian_Americans"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2.4 Asian Americans </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Asian_Americans-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fair_vs._equal/discrimination_vs._inclusion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fair_vs._equal/discrimination_vs._inclusion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.3 Fair vs. equal/discrimination vs. inclusion </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fair_vs._equal/discrimination_vs._inclusion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Diversity" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Diversity"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.4 Diversity </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Diversity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Prominent_people_in_support_of_affirmative_action" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prominent_people_in_support_of_affirmative_action"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.5 Prominent people in support of affirmative action </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Prominent_people_in_support_of_affirmative_action-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Arguments_against_affirmative_action" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arguments_against_affirmative_action"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Arguments against affirmative action </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Arguments_against_affirmative_action-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Arguments against affirmative action subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Arguments_against_affirmative_action-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bias" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bias"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1 Bias </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bias-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mismatch_effect" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mismatch_effect"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2 Mismatch effect </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mismatch_effect-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Class_inequality" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Class_inequality"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.3 Class inequality </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Class_inequality-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Diversity_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Diversity_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.4 Diversity </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Diversity_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Prominent_people_against_affirmative_action" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prominent_people_against_affirmative_action"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.5 Prominent people against affirmative action </div> 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href="/wiki/File:Affirmative_action_by_US_state.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Affirmative_action_by_US_state.svg/450px-Affirmative_action_by_US_state.svg.png" decoding="async" width="450" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Affirmative_action_by_US_state.svg/675px-Affirmative_action_by_US_state.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Affirmative_action_by_US_state.svg/900px-Affirmative_action_by_US_state.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="959" data-file-height="593" /></a><figcaption>Legality of affirmative action in the United States by state <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend">  Affirmative action and other forms of selective employment are banned</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  Affirmative action and other forms of selective employment are not banned</div></figcaption></figure> In the United States, <a href="/wiki/Affirmative_action" title="Affirmative action">affirmative action</a> consists of government-mandated, government-approved, and voluntary private programs granting special consideration to groups considered or classified as historically excluded, specifically <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States">racial minorities</a> and <a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States" title="Women in the United States">women</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Messerli_2010-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-Feinberg_2005-2">[2]</a> These programs tend to focus on access to education and employment in order to redress the disadvantages<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> associated with past and present discrimination.<a href="#cite_note-SEP_Fall_2013-8">[8]</a> Another goal of affirmative action policies is to ensure that public institutions, such as universities, hospitals, and police forces, are more representative of the populations they serve.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> As of 2024, affirmative action rhetoric has been increasingly replaced by emphasis on <a href="/wiki/Diversity,_equity,_and_inclusion" title="Diversity, equity, and inclusion">diversity, equity, and inclusion</a> and nine states explicitly ban its use in the employment process.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> The Supreme Court in 2023 explicitly rejected race-based affirmative action in college admissions in <a href="/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._Harvard" title="Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard">Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard</a>. The Court held that affirmative action programs "lack sufficiently focused and measurable objectives warranting the use of race, unavoidably employ race in a negative manner, involve racial stereotyping, and lack meaningful end points. We have never permitted admissions programs to work in that way, and we will not do so today".<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Summary">Summary</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Summary">edit</a>]</div> The modern history begins in 1961 when President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> in 1961 issued <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_10925" title="Executive Order 10925">Executive Order 10925</a>, which required government contractors to take "affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin."<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Affirmative action then evolved into a complex system of group preferences which would face many legal challenges. Affirmative action included the use of racial quotas until the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> ruled that quotas were unconstitutional in 1978.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> Affirmative action currently tends to emphasize not specific quotas but rather "targeted goals" to address past discrimination in a particular institution or in broader society through "good-faith efforts ... to identify, select, and train potentially qualified minorities and women."<a href="#cite_note-Feinberg_2005-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-Fryer_2005-17">[17]</a> For example, many higher education institutions have voluntarily adopted policies which seek to increase recruitment of racial minorities.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">page needed</a>] <a href="/wiki/Outreach" title="Outreach">Outreach</a> campaigns, targeted <a href="/wiki/Recruitment" title="Recruitment">recruitment</a>, employee and <a href="/wiki/Management_development" title="Management development">management development</a>, and employee support programs are examples of affirmative action in employment.<a href="#cite_note-OFCCP-19">[19]</a> Nine states in the United States have banned race-based affirmative action: California (1996), Washington (1998, rescinded 2022<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a>), Florida (1999), Michigan (2006), Nebraska (2008), Arizona (2010), New Hampshire (2012), Oklahoma (2012), and Idaho (2020). Florida's ban was via an executive order and New Hampshire and Idaho's bans were passed by the legislature. The other six bans were approved at the ballot.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> The 1996 <a href="/wiki/Hopwood_v._Texas" title="Hopwood v. Texas">Hopwood v. Texas</a> decision effectively barred affirmative action in the three states within the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fifth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit</a>—Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas—until <a href="/wiki/Grutter_v._Bollinger" title="Grutter v. Bollinger">Grutter v. Bollinger</a> abrogated it in 2003.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Affirmative action policies were developed to address long histories of discrimination faced by minorities and women, which reports suggest produced corresponding unfair advantages for whites and males.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-Rubenfeld_1997-24">[24]</a> They first emerged from debates over non-discrimination policies in the 1940s and during the <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights movement</a>.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> These debates led to federal executive orders requiring non-discrimination in the employment policies of some government agencies and contractors in the 1940s and onward, and to <a href="/wiki/Title_VII_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964" class="mw-redirect" title="Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964">Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964</a> which prohibited racial discrimination in firms with over 25 employees. The first federal policy of <a href="/wiki/Race-conscious" class="mw-redirect" title="Race-conscious">race-conscious</a> affirmative action was the <a href="/wiki/Revised_Philadelphia_Plan" title="Revised Philadelphia Plan">Revised Philadelphia Plan</a>, implemented in 1969, which required certain government contractors to set "goals and timetables" for integrating and diversifying their workforce. Similar policies emerged through a mix of voluntary practices and federal and state policies in employment and education. Affirmative action as a practice was partially upheld by the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> in <a href="/wiki/Grutter_v._Bollinger" title="Grutter v. Bollinger">Grutter v. Bollinger</a> (2003), while the use of racial quotas for college admissions was ruled unconstitutional in <a href="/wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_California_v._Bakke" title="Regents of the University of California v. Bakke">Regents of the University of California v. Bakke</a> (1978).<a href="#cite_note-26">[a]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._Harvard" title="Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard">Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard</a> (2023), the Supreme Court majority ruled that race-based affirmative action in college admissions violated the <a href="/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause" title="Equal Protection Clause">Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment</a>, with concurrences highlighting race-based affirmative action's violation of <a href="/wiki/Title_VI_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964" class="mw-redirect" title="Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964">Title VI of the Civil Rights Act</a>. Affirmative action remains controversial in American politics. Supporters claim that it promotes equality and representation for groups which are socioeconomically disadvantaged or have faced historical discrimination or oppression and counteracts continuing bias and prejudice against women and minorities. Supporters also point to contemporary examples of conscious and unconscious biases, such as the finding that job-seekers with African American sounding names may be less likely to get a callback than those with white-sounding names, as proof that affirmative action is not obsolete.<a href="#cite_note-Fryer_2005-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-Times_Topics_2009-27">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-SEP_Winter_2011-28">[27]</a> Coversely, opponents argue that these policies constitute <a href="/wiki/Reverse_racism" title="Reverse racism">racism</a> and/or amount to discrimination against other racial and ethnic groups, such as <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian Americans</a> and <a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">White Americans</a>, which entails favoring one group over another based upon racial preference rather than achievement, and many believe that the diversity of current American society suggests that affirmative action policies succeeded and are no longer required.<a href="#cite_note-Times_Topics_2009-27">[26]</a> Opponents also argue that it tends to benefit the most privileged within minority groups at the expense of the least fortunate within majority groups,<a href="#cite_note-Sowell_2004a-29">[28]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">page needed</a>] or that when applied to universities it can hinder minority students by placing them in courses too difficult for them.<a href="#cite_note-Heriot_2010-30">[29]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Origins">edit</a>]</div> The policy now called affirmative action was talked about as early as the <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction Era</a> (1863–1877) in which a <a href="/wiki/Freedman" title="Freedman">former slave</a> population lacked the skills and resources for independent living.<a href="#cite_note-François_2014-31">[30]</a> In 1865, General <a href="/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman" title="William Tecumseh Sherman">William Tecumseh Sherman</a> proposed to divide the land and goods from Confederates in <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> and grant it to freed black slaves. The idea was called the "<a href="/wiki/Forty_acres_and_a_mule" title="Forty acres and a mule">Forty acres and a mule</a>" policy.<a href="#cite_note-François_2014-31">[30]</a> The proposal was controversial because it would reverse the policy of peaceful reunion between North and South. Congress never approved. Sherman's military orders were soon revoked by President Andrew Johnson. Requiring private construction firms to hire Blacks on public housing projects funded by the <a href="/wiki/Public_Works_Administration" title="Public Works Administration">Public Works Administration</a> (PWA) was an innovative New Deal policy in the 1930s. About 13% of these new hires were Black, but the policy was not publicized and ended by 1941.<a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a> In the 1950s and 1960s, the discussion of policies to assist classes of individuals reemerged during the Civil Rights Movement. Civil rights guarantees that came through the interpretation of the <a href="/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause" title="Equal Protection Clause">Equal Protection Clause</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">14th Amendment</a> affirmed the <a href="/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights" title="Civil and political rights">civil rights</a> of <a href="/wiki/Person_of_color" title="Person of color">people of color</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Gamson_p373-33">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_administrations">Presidential administrations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Presidential administrations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Roosevelt_(1933–1945)">Roosevelt (1933–1945)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Roosevelt (1933–1945)">edit</a>]</div> The first appearance of the term 'affirmative action' was in the <a href="/wiki/National_Labor_Relations_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="National Labor Relations Act">National Labor Relations Act</a>, better known as the Wagner Act, of 1935.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 15  Proposed and championed by U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Wagner" title="Robert F. Wagner">Robert F. Wagner</a>, Democrat of New York, the Wagner Act was in line with <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt,_first_and_second_terms" title="Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, first and second terms">President Franklin D. Roosevelt's</a> goal of providing economic security to workers and other low-income groups.<a href="#cite_note-34">[33]</a> During this time period it was not uncommon for employers to blacklist or fire employees associated with <a href="/wiki/Labor_unions_in_the_United_States" title="Labor unions in the United States">unions</a>. The Wagner Act allowed workers to unionize without fear of being discriminated against, and empowered a <a href="/wiki/National_Labor_Relations_Board" title="National Labor Relations Board">National Labor Relations Board</a> to review potential cases of worker discrimination. In the event of discrimination, employees were to be restored to an appropriate status in the company through 'affirmative action'.<a href="#cite_note-35">[34]</a> While the Wagner Act protected workers and unions it did not protect minorities, who, exempting the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Industrial_Organizations" title="Congress of Industrial Organizations">Congress of Industrial Organizations</a>, were often barred from union ranks.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 11  This original coining of the term therefore has little to do with affirmative action policy as it is seen today, but helped set the stage for all policy meant to compensate or address an individual's unjust treatment.<a href="#cite_note-36">[35]</a> FDR's <a href="/wiki/New_Deal" title="New Deal">New Deal</a> programs often contained equal opportunity clauses stating "no discrimination shall be made on account of race, color or creed".<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 11  No enforcement was attempted outside the PWA housing projects. FDR's largest contribution to affirmative action, however, lay in his <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_8802" title="Executive Order 8802">Executive Order 8802</a> of 1941 which prohibited discrimination in the defense industry or government.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 22  The executive order promoted the idea that if taxpayer funds were accepted through a government contract, then all taxpayers should have an equal opportunity to work through the contractor.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 23–4  To enforce this idea, Roosevelt created the <a href="/wiki/Fair_Employment_Practices_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Fair Employment Practices Commission">Fair Employment Practices Committee</a> (FEPC) with the power to investigate hiring practices by government contractors.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 22  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Truman_(1945–1953)">Truman (1945–1953)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Truman (1945–1953)">edit</a>]</div> Following the Sergeant <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Woodard" title="Isaac Woodard">Isaac Woodard</a> incident, President <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a>, himself a combat veteran of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, issued <a href="/w/index.php?title=Executive_Order_9808&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Executive Order 9808 (page does not exist)">Executive Order 9808</a><a href="#cite_note-Executive_Order_9980-37">[36]</a> establishing the <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Committee_on_Civil_Rights" title="President's Committee on Civil Rights">President's Committee on Civil Rights</a> to examine the violence and recommend appropriate federal legislation. Hearing of the incident, Truman turned to <a href="/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People" class="mw-redirect" title="National Association for the Advancement of Colored People">NAACP</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Walter_Francis_White" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Francis White">Walter Francis White</a> and declared, "My God! I had no idea it was as terrible as that. We've got to do something." In 1947 the committee published its findings, <a href="/wiki/To_Secure_These_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="To Secure These Rights">To Secure These Rights</a>. The book was widely read, influential, and considered utopian for the times: "In our land men are equal, but they are free to be different. From these very differences among our people has come the great human and national strength of America." The report discussed and demonstrated racial discrimination in basic freedoms, education, public facilities, personal safety, and employment opportunities. The committee was disturbed by the state of race relations, and included the <a href="/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans" title="Internment of Japanese Americans">evacuation of Americans of Japanese descent</a> during the war "made without a trial or any sort of hearing...Fundamental to our whole system of law is the belief that guilt is personal and not a matter of heredity or association." The recommendations were radical, calling for federal policies and laws to end racial discrimination and bring about equality: "We can tolerate no restrictions upon the individual which depend upon irrelevant factors such as his race, his color, his religion, or the social position to which he is born." To Secure These Rights set the liberal legislative agenda for the next generation that eventually would be signed into law by <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 35–36  To Secure These Rights also called for <a href="/wiki/Desegregation_in_the_United_States" title="Desegregation in the United States">desegregation</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">Armed Forces</a>. "Prejudice in any area is an ugly, undemocratic phenomenon, but in the armed services, where all men run the risk of death, it is especially repugnant." The rationale was fairness: "When an individual enters the service of the country, he necessarily surrenders some of the rights and privileges which are inherent in American citizenship." In return, the government "undertakes to protect his integrity as an individual." Yet that was not possible in the segregated Army, since "any discrimination which...prevents members of the minority groups from rendering full military service in defense of their country is for them a humiliating badge of inferiority." The report called for an end to "all discrimination and segregation based on race, color, creed, or national origins in...all branches of the Armed Services."<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 38–39  In 1947 Truman and his advisors came up with a plan for a large standing military, called Universal Military Training, and presented it to Congress. The plan opposed all segregation in the new <a href="/wiki/Post-war" title="Post-war">post-war</a> Armed Forces: "Nothing could be more tragic for the future attitude of our people, and for the unity of our nation" than a citizens' military that emphasized "class or racial difference."<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 39–40  On February 2, 1948, President Truman delivered a special message to Congress. It consisted of ten objectives that Congress should focus on when enacting legislation. Truman concluded by saying, "If we wish to inspire the peoples of the world whose freedom is in jeopardy, if we wish to restore hope to those who have already lost their civil liberties, if we wish to fulfill the promise that is ours, we must correct the remaining imperfections in our practice of democracy."<a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a> In June, Truman became the first president to address the NAACP. His speech was a significant departure from traditional race relations in the United States. In front of 10,000 people at the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a>, the president left no doubt where he stood on civil rights. According to his speech, America had "reached a turning point in the long history of our country's efforts to guarantee freedom and equality to all our citizens...Each man must be guaranteed equality of opportunity." He proposed what black citizens had been calling for – an enhanced role of federal authority through the states. "We must make the Federal government a friendly, vigilant defender of the rights and equalities of all <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">Americans</a>. And again I mean all Americans."<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 40  On July 26, Truman mandated the end of hiring and employment discrimination in the federal government, reaffirming FDR's order of 1941.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 40  He issued two executive orders on July 26, 1948: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Executive_Order_9980&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Executive Order 9980 (page does not exist)">Executive Order 9980</a> and <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_9981" title="Executive Order 9981">Executive Order 9981</a>. Executive Order 9980, named Regulations Governing for Employment Practices within the Federal Establishment, instituted fair employment practices in the civilian agencies of the federal government. The order created the position of Fair Employment Officer. The order "established in the Civil Service Commission a Fair Employment Board of not less than seven persons."<a href="#cite_note-Executive_Order_9980-37">[36]</a> Executive Order 9981, named Establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, called for the integration of the Armed Forces and the creation of the <a href="/wiki/National_Military_Establishment" class="mw-redirect" title="National Military Establishment">National Military Establishment</a> to carry out the executive order.<a href="#cite_note-Executive_Order_9981-39">[38]</a> On December 3, 1951, Truman issued <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_10308" title="Executive Order 10308">Executive Order 10308</a>, named Improving the Means for Obtaining Compliance with the Nondiscrimination Provisions of Federal Contracts,<a href="#cite_note-Executive_Order_10308-40">[39]</a> which established an anti-discrimination committee on government contract compliance responsible for ensuring that employers doing business with the federal government comply with all laws and regulations enacted by Congress and the committee on the grounds of discriminatory practices.<a href="#cite_note-Executive_Order_10308-40">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Eisenhower_(1953–1961)">Eisenhower (1953–1961)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Eisenhower (1953–1961)">edit</a>]</div> When Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 after defeating Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson, he believed hiring practices and anti-discrimination laws should be decided by the states, although the administration gradually continued to desegregate the Armed Forces and the federal government.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 50  The President also established the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_10479" title="Executive Order 10479">Government Contract Committee</a> in 1953, which "conducted surveys of the racial composition of federal employees and tax-supported contractors".<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 50–51  The committee, chaired by Vice President <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>, had minimal outcomes in that they imposed the contractors with the primary responsibility of desegregation within their own companies and corporations.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 51  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kennedy_(1961–1963)">Kennedy (1961–1963)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Kennedy (1961–1963)">edit</a>]</div> In the <a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election" title="1960 United States presidential election">1960 presidential election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> candidate and eventual winner <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> "criticized President Eisenhower for not ending discrimination in federally supported housing" and "advocated a permanent <a href="/wiki/Fair_Employment_Practices_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Fair Employment Practices Commission">Fair Employment Practices Commission</a>".<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 59  Shortly after taking office, Kennedy issued <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_10925" title="Executive Order 10925">Executive Order 10925</a> in March 1961, requiring government contractors to "consider and recommend additional affirmative steps which should be taken by executive departments and agencies to realize more fully the national policy of nondiscrimination.... The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin".<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 60  The order also established the <a href="/wiki/Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Commission" title="Equal Employment Opportunity Commission">President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity</a> (PCEEO), chaired by Vice President <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>. Federal contractors who failed to comply or violated the executive order were punished by contract cancellation and the possible debarment from future government contracts. The administration was "not demanding any special preference or treatment or quotas for minorities" but was rather "advocating racially neutral hiring to end job discrimination".<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 61  Turning to issues of <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights" title="Women's rights">women's rights</a>, Kennedy initiated a <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Commission_on_the_Status_of_Women" title="Presidential Commission on the Status of Women">Commission on the Status of Women</a> in December 1961. The commission was charged with "examining employment policies and practices of the government and of contractors" with regard to sex.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 66  In June 1963, President Kennedy continued his policy of affirmative action by issuing another mandate, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Executive_Order_11114&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Executive Order 11114 (page does not exist)">Executive Order 11114</a>. The order supplemented to his previous 1961 executive order declaring it was the "policy of the United States to encourage by affirmative action the elimination of discrimination in employment".<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 72  Through this order, all federal funds, such as "grants, loans, unions and employers who accepted taxpayer funds, and other forms of financial assistance to state and local governments," were forced to comply to the government's policies on affirmative action in employment practices.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 72  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Johnson_(1963–1969)">Johnson (1963–1969)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Johnson (1963–1969)">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>, the Texas Democrat and <a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party leaders of the United States Senate">Senate Majority Leader</a> from 1955 to 1961, began to consider running for high office, and in doing so showed how his racial views differed from those held by many <a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White Americans</a> in the traditional <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">South</a>. In 1957, Johnson brokered a civil rights act through Congress. The bill established a Civil Rights Division and Commission in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">Justice Department</a>. The commission was empowered to investigate allegations of minority deprivation of rights.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 57  The first time "affirmative action" is used by the federal government concerning race is in President John F. Kennedy's Executive Order 10925, which was chaired by Vice President Johnson. At Johnson's inaugural ball in Texas, he met with a young black lawyer, <a href="/wiki/Hobart_Taylor,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Hobart Taylor, Jr.">Hobart Taylor, Jr.</a>, and gave him the task to co-author the executive order. "Affirmative action" was chosen due to its <a href="/wiki/Alliteration" title="Alliteration">alliterative</a> quality. The term "active recruitment" started to be used as well. This order, albeit heavily worked up as a significant piece of legislation, in reality carried little actual power. The scope was limited to a couple hundred defense contractors, leaving nearly $7.5 billion in federal grants and loans unsupervised.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 60  The <a href="/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People" class="mw-redirect" title="National Association for the Advancement of Colored People">NAACP</a> had many problems with JFK's "token" proposal. They wanted jobs. One day after the order took effect, NAACP labor secretary <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hill_(labor_director)" title="Herbert Hill (labor director)">Herbert Hill</a> filed complaints against the hiring and promoting practices of <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation" title="Lockheed Corporation">Lockheed Aircraft Corporation</a>. Lockheed was doing business with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Defense Department</a> on the first billion-dollar contract. Due to taxpayer-funding being 90% of Lockheed's business, along with disproportionate hiring practices, black workers charged Lockheed with "overt discrimination." Lockheed signed an agreement with Vice President Johnson that pledged an "aggressive seeking out for more qualified minority candidates for technical and skill positions.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 63–64  This agreement was the administration's model for a "plan of progress." Johnson and his assistants soon pressured other defense contractors, including <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> and <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a>, to sign similar voluntary agreements indicating plans for progress. However, these plans were just that, voluntary. Many corporations in the South, still afflicted with <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws" title="Jim Crow laws">Jim Crow laws</a>, largely ignored the federal recommendations.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 63–64  This eventually led to LBJ's <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964" title="Civil Rights Act of 1964">Civil Rights Act</a>, which came shortly after <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Assassination of John F. Kennedy">President Kennedy's assassination</a>. This document was more holistic than any President Kennedy had offered, and therefore more controversial. It aimed not only to integrate public facilities, but also private businesses that sold to the public, such as motels, restaurants, theaters, and gas stations. Public schools, hospitals, libraries, parks, among other things, were included in the bill as well. It also worked with JFK's executive order 11114 by prohibiting discrimination in the awarding of federal contracts and holding the authority of the government to deny contracts to businesses who discriminate. Maybe most significant of all, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act aimed to end discrimination in all firms with 25 or more employees. Another provision established the <a href="/wiki/Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Commission" title="Equal Employment Opportunity Commission">Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</a> as the agency charged with ending discrimination in the nation's workplace.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 74  <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">Conservatives</a> said that Title VII of the bill advocated a <a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a> quota system, and asserted unconstitutionality as it attempts to regulate the workplace. Minnesota Senator <a href="/wiki/Hubert_Humphrey" title="Hubert Humphrey">Hubert Humphrey</a> corrected this notion: "there is nothing in [Title VII] that will give power to the Commission to require hiring, firing, and promotion to meet a racial 'quota.' [. . .] Title VII is designed to encourage the hiring on basis of ability and qualifications, not race or religion." Title VII prohibits discrimination. Humphrey was the silent hero of the bill's passing through Congress. He pledged that the bill required no quotas, just nondiscrimination. Doing so, he convinced many pro-business <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a>, including Senate Minority Leader <a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">Everett Dirksen</a> (IL) to support Title VII.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 78–80  On July 2, 1964, the Act was signed into law by President Johnson. A <a href="/wiki/Harris_Insights_%26_Analytics" class="mw-redirect" title="Harris Insights & Analytics">Harris poll</a> that spring showed 70% citizen approval of the Act.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 82  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nixon_(1969–1974)">Nixon (1969–1974)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Nixon (1969–1974)">edit</a>]</div> The strides that the Johnson presidency made in ensuring equal opportunity in the workforce were built upon by his successor Richard Nixon. In 1969, the Nixon administration initiated the "<a href="/wiki/Revised_Philadelphia_Plan" title="Revised Philadelphia Plan">Philadelphia Order</a>". It was regarded as the most forceful plan thus far to guarantee fair hiring practices in construction jobs. <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> was selected as the test case because, as Assistant Secretary of Labor <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Fletcher" title="Arthur Fletcher">Arthur Fletcher</a> explained, "The craft unions and the construction industry are among the most egregious offenders against equal opportunity laws . . . openly hostile toward letting blacks into their closed circle." The order included definite "goals and timetables." As President Nixon asserted, "We would not impose quotas, but would require federal contractors to show 'affirmative action' to meet the goals of increasing minority employment."<a href="#cite_note-ACRI_Overview-41">[40]</a> It was through the Philadelphia Plan that the Nixon administration formed their adapted definition of affirmative action and became the official policy of the US government. The plan was defined as "racial goals and timetables, not quotas".<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 124  Congressional "guidelines" were promulgated for government agencies, and government contractors, to reach 30+ % minority employees within three years; and greater than 40% within five years. It became the "era of the 'three-banger'" (the darker-complected, 'MS', latin surname); wherein with one individual hire, the agency received three AA credits. <Per employment interview with a Gen. Elec. recruiter; Philadelphia, PA; autumn 1974, Taylor> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ford_(1974–1977)">Ford (1974–1977)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Ford (1974–1977)">edit</a>]</div> After the Nixon administration, advancements in affirmative action became less prevalent. "During the brief Ford administration, affirmative action took a back seat, while enforcement stumbled along."<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 145  Equal rights was still an important subject to many Americans, yet the world was changing and new issues were being raised. People began to look at affirmative action as a glorified issue of the past and now there were other areas that needed focus. "Of all the triumphs that have marked this as America's Century –...none is more inspiring, if incomplete, than our pursuit of racial justice."<a href="#cite_note-42">[41]</a> In the first half of the 20th century <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">segregation</a> was considered fair and normal. Due to changes made in American society and governmental policies the United States is past the traditional assumptions of race relations.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 275  "Affirmative action is a national policy that concerns the way Americans feel about race, past discrimination, preferences, merit – and about themselves. This is why it is an American dilemma, and that is why we must understand how it developed and how its rationale and definition have changed since the 1960s."<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a>: 283  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Reagan_(1981–1989)">Reagan (1981–1989)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Reagan (1981–1989)">edit</a>]</div> In 1983, Reagan signed Executive Order 12432, which instructed government agencies to create a development plan for Minority Business Enterprises. While the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="Presidency of Ronald Reagan">Reagan administration</a> opposed discriminatory practices, it did not support the implementation of quotas and goals (Executive Order 11246).<a href="#cite_note-43">[42]</a> Bi-partisan opposition in Congress and other government officials blocked the repeal of this Executive Order [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>]. Reagan was particularly known for his opposition to affirmative action programs. He reduced funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, arguing that "<a href="/wiki/Reverse_discrimination" title="Reverse discrimination">reverse discrimination</a>" resulted from these policies.<a href="#cite_note-44">[43]</a> However, the courts reaffirmed affirmative action policies such as quotas. In 1986, the Supreme Court ruled that courts could order race-based quotas to fight discrimination in worker unions in Sheet Metal Workers' International Association v. EEOC, 478 U.S. 42. In 1987, in Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County, California, 480 U.S. 616, the Supreme Court ruled that sex or race was a factor that could be considered in a pool of qualified candidates by employers.<a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Obama_(2009–2017)">Obama (2009–2017)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Obama (2009–2017)">edit</a>]</div> After the election and inauguration of Barack Obama in the 2008 election, a huge excitement swept the nation for the first African-American president of the United States. Many supporters and citizens began to hope for a future with affirmative action that would be secure under a black president. However, progress was not as apparent within the first few years of president Obama's administration. In 2009, education statistics denote the problems of college admissions in the US: "The College Board recently released the average 2009 SAT scores by race and ethnicity. They found that the gap between Black and Latino student versus White and Asian students has widened, despite the College Board's recent efforts to change questions to eliminate cultural biases."<a href="#cite_note-Sadler_&_Sankoh_2011-46">[45]</a> To the administration, it was apparent that more work was needed to better the situation. The following year in 2010, Obama presented his plan regarding the past administration's policy, under <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, called the "<a href="/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act" title="No Child Left Behind Act">No Child Left Behind Act</a>." Unlike the No Child Left Behind Act, president Obama's policy would instead reward schools and institutions for working with minorities and oppressed students. Additionally, in an indirect manner, the Obama administration aimed to garner support for more federal money and funds to be allocated to financial aid and scholarships to universities and colleges within the United States.<a href="#cite_note-Sadler_&_Sankoh_2011-46">[45]</a> They also have endorsed the decision of Fisher vs. University of Texas where the Supreme Court decision which endorses "the use of affirmative action to achieve a diverse student body so long as programs are narrowly tailored to advance this goal."<a href="#cite_note-Yudof_&_Moran_2018-47">[46]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Trump_(2017–2021)">Trump (2017–2021)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Trump (2017–2021)">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">Trump administration</a> supported rolling back Obama-era policies on affirmative action,<a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a> and Trump advocated that institutions, including universities, colleges, and schools, should use "race-neutral alternatives" concerning admissions. The guidelines the administration set were aimed to curb the Supreme Court decision's in <a href="/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2016)" title="Fisher v. University of Texas (2016)">Fisher v. University of Texas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Yudof_&_Moran_2018-47">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a> In 2019, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Massachusetts" title="United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts">United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts</a> ruled in <a href="/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._President_and_Fellows_of_Harvard_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College">Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College</a>, a lawsuit alleging discrimination in admission against <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian Americans</a> by the college, that Harvard's system, while imperfect, nonetheless passed constitutional muster.<a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-52">[51]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Biden_(2021–)">Biden (2021–)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Biden (2021–)">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._President_and_Fellows_of_Harvard_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College">Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College</a> was appealed, and in January 2022, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case together with a similar case related to admissions practices at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina" title="University of North Carolina">University of North Carolina</a>.<a href="#cite_note-53">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a> The case was argued on October 31, 2022.<a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a> After the court rejected affirmative action at U.S. colleges and universities on June 29, 2023, President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> said he "strongly" disagreed with the decision. In a televised address, he urged the nation to make sure the decision did not become "the last word" on affirmative action. "Discrimination still exists in America," he said.<a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_history">Legal history</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Legal history">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Executive_actions_and_legislation">Executive actions and legislation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Executive actions and legislation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>1961 – <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_10925" title="Executive Order 10925">Executive Order 10925</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Exec_10925-57">[56]</a> issued by President Kennedy</li></ul> <dl><dd>Established the concept of affirmative action by mandating that projects financed with federal funds "take affirmative action" to ensure that hiring and employment practices are made "without regard to race" but does not call for group preferences.</dd></dl> <ul><li>1964 – Section 717 of <a href="/wiki/Title_VII_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964" class="mw-redirect" title="Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964">Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964</a> protects employees and job applicants from employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin but does not authorize group preferences. <a href="#cite_note-58">[57]</a></li> <li>1965 – U.S. <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_11246" title="Executive Order 11246">Executive Order 11246</a> and <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_11375" title="Executive Order 11375">Executive Order 11375</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>The Johnson administration embraced affirmative action in 1965, by issuing U.S Executive order 11246, later amended by Executive order 11375. The original order mandated that federal contractors cannot discriminate against employees on the basis of race, religion and national origin. It also mandated that these federal contractors ensure equal employment opportunity in their hiring practices.<a href="#cite_note-59">[58]</a> The order was amended to include sex.<a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> It prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, skin color, religion, gender, or national origin, but does not call for group preferences.</dd> <dd>The order is enforced by the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Federal_Contract_Compliance_Programs" title="Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs">Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/U._S._Department_of_Labor" class="mw-redirect" title="U. S. Department of Labor">U. S. Department of Labor</a> and by the Office of Civil Rights of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Justice">U.S. Department of Justice</a>.<a href="#cite_note-61">[60]</a></dd></dl> <ul><li>1969 – <a href="/wiki/Revised_Philadelphia_Plan" title="Revised Philadelphia Plan">Revised Philadelphia Plan</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>During the Nixon administration, affirmative action was adopted as a federal mandate for companies with federal contracts and for labor unions whose workers were engaged in those projects. This revised <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Plan">Philadelphia Plan</a> was spearheaded by Labor Department official Arthur Fletcher.<a href="#cite_note-62">[61]</a></dd></dl> <ul><li>1971 – <a href="/wiki/Executive_order_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive order (United States)">Executive Order</a> No. 11625,<a href="#cite_note-Executive_Order_11625-63">[62]</a> issued by President Nixon</li></ul> <dl><dd>This order claims to build upon the Office of <a href="/wiki/Minority_Business_Enterprise" class="mw-redirect" title="Minority Business Enterprise">Minority Business Enterprise</a> (MBE) established in 1969 by clarifying the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce" title="United States Secretary of Commerce">Secretary of Commerce</a>'s authority to "(a) implement Federal policy in support of the minority business enterprise program; (b) provide additional technical and management assistance to disadvantaged businesses; (c) to assist in demonstration projects; and (d) to coordinate the participation of all Federal departments and agencies in an increased minority enterprise effort."</dd></dl> <ul><li>1973 – Section 501 of the <a href="/wiki/Rehabilitation_Act_of_1973" title="Rehabilitation Act of 1973">Rehabilitation Act of 1973</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/The_Rehabilitation_Act_of_1973#Section_501" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rehabilitation Act of 1973">Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973</a> mandated all United States Federal Agencies cannot discriminate against candidates with disabilities.<a href="#cite_note-64">[63]</a></dd></dl> <ul><li>1977 - Statistical Policy Directive No. 15<a href="#cite_note-spd15-65">[64]</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 was issued by the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget" title="Office of Management and Budget">Office of Management and Budget</a> (OMB) to standardize racial and ethnic classification across federal data collections and reports. Directive 15's racial classifications have been commonly utilized for race-based affirmative action. The racial categories included "American Indian or Alaskan Native", "Asian or Pacific Islander", "Black", and "White". "Hispanic origin" was listed as an option to mark for ethnicity.<a href="#cite_note-spd15-65">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[65]</a></dd></dl> <ul><li>1979 – U.S. Executive Order 12138<a href="#cite_note-Executive_Order_12138-67">[66]</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Issued by President <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a>, this executive order created a National Women's Business Enterprise Policy and required government agencies to take affirmative action in support of women's business enterprises.</dd></dl> <ul><li>1990 – <a href="/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990" title="Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990">Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[67]</a> — people with disabilities as a group were more fully recognized as being protected by this act.</li> <li>1997 - Revision to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15<a href="#cite_note-1997spd15-69">[68]</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>In 1997, Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 was revised by OMB to replace the ethnic term of "Hispanic" with "Hispanic or Latino". It also separated the classification of "Asian or Pacific Islander" into "Asian" and "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander". This change reflected political activism from Hawaiians, who were experiencing difficulties in college admissions due to their mutual racial categorization with Asian Americans.<a href="#cite_note-1997spd15-69">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[69]</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_court_cases">Federal court cases</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Federal court cases">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>1971 — <a href="/wiki/Griggs_v._Duke_Power_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Griggs v. Duke Power Company">Griggs v. Duke Power Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_401" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 401">401</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/401/424/">424</a> (1971) — established theory of <a href="/wiki/Disparate_impact" title="Disparate impact">disparate impact</a></li> <li>1974 — <a href="/wiki/DeFunis_v._Odegaard" title="DeFunis v. Odegaard">DeFunis v. Odegaard</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_416" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 416">416</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/416/312/">312</a> (1974)</li> <li>1974 — <a href="/wiki/Kahn_v._Shevin" title="Kahn v. Shevin">Kahn v. Shevin</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_416" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 416">416</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/416/351/">351</a> (1974)</li> <li>1974 — <a href="/wiki/Morton_v._Mancari" title="Morton v. Mancari">Morton v. Mancari</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_417" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 417">417</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/417/535/">535</a> (1974)</li> <li>1975 — <a href="/wiki/Schlesinger_v._Ballard" title="Schlesinger v. Ballard">Schlesinger v. Ballard</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_419" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 419">419</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/419/498/">498</a> (1975)</li> <li>1977 — <a href="/wiki/Califano_v._Webster" title="Califano v. Webster">Califano v. Webster</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_430" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 430">430</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/430/313/">313</a> (1977)</li> <li>1977 — <a href="/wiki/Hazelwood_School_District_v._United_States" title="Hazelwood School District v. United States">Hazelwood School District v. United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_433" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 433">433</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/433/299/">299</a> (1977)</li> <li>1978 — <a href="/wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_California_v._Bakke" title="Regents of the University of California v. Bakke">Regents of the University of California v. Bakke</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_438" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 438">438</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/438/265/">265</a> (1978) — The <a href="/wiki/UC_Davis_School_of_Medicine" title="UC Davis School of Medicine">UC Davis School of Medicine</a> admissions program violated the Equal Protection Clause with the institution of quotas for underrepresented minorities. However, Justice <a href="/wiki/Lewis_F._Powell_Jr." title="Lewis F. Powell Jr.">Lewis F. Powell Jr.</a>'s concurring opinion deemed diversity in higher education a "compelling interest" and held that race could be one of the factors in university admissions.</li> <li>1979 — <a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers_v._Weber" title="United Steelworkers v. Weber">United Steelworkers v. Weber</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_443" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 443">443</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/443/193/">193</a> (1979)</li> <li>1980 — <a href="/wiki/Fullilove_v._Klutznick" title="Fullilove v. Klutznick">Fullilove v. Klutznick</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_448" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 448">448</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/448/448/">448</a> (1980)</li> <li>1983 — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_Firefighters_v._NAACP&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boston Firefighters v. NAACP (page does not exist)">Boston Firefighters v. NAACP</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_461" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 461">461</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/461/477/">477</a> (1983)</li> <li>1984 — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Firefighters_v._Stotts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Firefighters v. Stotts (page does not exist)">Firefighters v. Stotts</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_467" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 467">467</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/467/561/">561</a> (1984)</li> <li>1986 — <a href="/wiki/Wygant_v._Jackson_Board_of_Education" title="Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education">Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_476" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 476">476</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/476/267/">267</a> (1986)</li> <li>1986 — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_Metal_Workers_v._EEOC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sheet Metal Workers v. EEOC (page does not exist)">Sheet Metal Workers v. EEOC</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_478" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 478">478</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/478/421/">421</a> (1986)</li> <li>1986 — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Firefighters_v._City_of_Cleveland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Firefighters v. City of Cleveland (page does not exist)">Firefighters v. City of Cleveland</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_478" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 478">478</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/478/501/">501</a> (1986)</li> <li>1987 — <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_v._Paradise&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States v. Paradise (page does not exist)">United States v. Paradise</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_480" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 480">480</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/480/149/">149</a> (1987)</li> <li>1987 — <a href="/wiki/Johnson_v._Transportation_Agency" title="Johnson v. Transportation Agency">Johnson v. Transportation Agency</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_480" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 480">480</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/480/616/">616</a> (1987)</li> <li>1989 — <a href="/wiki/City_of_Richmond_v._J.A._Croson_Co." title="City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co.">City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co.</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_488" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 488">488</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/488/469/">469</a> (1989) — state and local programs that use racial classifications must meet strict scrutiny</li> <li>1989 — <a href="/wiki/Wards_Cove_Packing_Co._v._Atonio" title="Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio">Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_490" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 490">490</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/490/642/">642</a> (1989) — revised the standards established by the 1971 Griggs decision.</li> <li>1990 — <a href="/wiki/Metro_Broadcasting,_Inc._v._FCC" title="Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC">Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_497" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 497">497</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/497/547/">547</a> (1990)</li> <li>1992 — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamprecht_v._FCC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lamprecht v. FCC (page does not exist)">Lamprecht v. FCC</a>, 958 F.2d 382 (D.C. Cir. 1992)</li> <li>1992 — <a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Fordice" title="United States v. Fordice">United States v. Fordice</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_505" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 505">505</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/505/717/">717</a> (1992)</li> <li>1993 — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_Fla._Chapter,_Associated_Gen._Contractors_of_America_v._City_of_Jacksonville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northeastern Fla. Chapter, Associated Gen. Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville (page does not exist)">Northeastern Fla. Chapter, Associated Gen. Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_508" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 508">508</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/508/656/">656</a> (1993)</li> <li>1995 — <a href="/wiki/Adarand_Constructors,_Inc._v._Pe%C3%B1a" title="Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña">Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_515" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 515">515</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/515/200/">200</a> (1995) — federal programs that use racial classifications must meet strict scrutiny</li> <li>1996 — <a href="/wiki/Hopwood_v._Texas" title="Hopwood v. Texas">Hopwood v. Texas</a>, 78 F.3d 932 (5th Cir. 1996)<a href="#cite_note-71">[70]</a> — first successful legal challenge to race conscious admissions since Regents of the University of California v. Bakke</li> <li>1996 — <a href="/wiki/Piscataway_School_Board_v._Taxman" title="Piscataway School Board v. Taxman">Piscataway School Board v. Taxman</a>, 91 F.3d 1547 (3d Cir. 1996)</li> <li>1998 — <a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church%E2%80%93Missouri_Synod_v._FCC" title="Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod v. FCC">Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod v. FCC</a>, 141 F.3d 344 (D.C. Cir. 1998)</li> <li>1999 — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Texas_v._Lesage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Texas v. Lesage (page does not exist)">Texas v. Lesage</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_528" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 528">528</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/528/18/">18</a> (1999)</li> <li>2000 — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Adarand_Constructors,_Inc._v._Slater&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Slater (page does not exist)">Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Slater</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_528" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 528">528</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/528/216/">216</a> (2000)</li> <li>2001 — <a href="/wiki/Adarand_Constructors,_Inc._v._Mineta" class="mw-redirect" title="Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Mineta">Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Mineta</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_534" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 534">534</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/534/103/">103</a> (2001)</li> <li>2001 — <a href="/w/index.php?title=MD/DC/DE_Broadcasters_Association_v._FCC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MD/DC/DE Broadcasters Association v. FCC (page does not exist)">MD/DC/DE Broadcasters Association v. FCC</a>, 253 F.3d 732 (D.C. Cir. 2001)</li> <li>2003 — <a href="/wiki/Gratz_v._Bollinger" title="Gratz v. Bollinger">Gratz v. Bollinger</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_539" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 539">539</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/539/244/">244</a> (2003)</li> <li>2003 — <a href="/wiki/Grutter_v._Bollinger" title="Grutter v. Bollinger">Grutter v. Bollinger</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_539" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 539">539</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/539/306/">306</a> (2003)</li> <li>2006 — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Doe_v._Kamehameha_Schools/Bernice_Pauahi_Bishop_Estate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate (page does not exist)">Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate</a>, 470 F.3d 827 (9th Cir. 2006) (en banc)</li> <li>2007 — <a href="/wiki/Parents_Involved_in_Community_Schools_v._Seattle_School_District_No._1" title="Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1">Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_551" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 551">551</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/551/701/">701</a> (2007)</li> <li>2009 — <a href="/wiki/Ricci_v._DeStefano" title="Ricci v. DeStefano">Ricci v. DeStefano</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_557" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 557">557</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/557/557/">557</a> (2009)</li></ul> <dl><dd>The case concerned white and <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic</a> firefighters in <a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven, Connecticut</a>, who upon passing their test for promotions to management were denied the promotions, allegedly because of a discriminatory or at least questionable test. The test gave 17 whites and two Hispanics the possibility of immediate promotion. Although 23% of those taking the test were African American, none scored high enough to qualify. Due to the possibility of biased tests in violation of <a href="/wiki/Title_VII_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Title VII of the Civil Rights Act">Title VII of the Civil Rights Act</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Liptak_Apr_2009-72">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-Richey_Apr_2009-73">[72]</a> no candidates were promoted pending outcome of the controversy.<a href="#cite_note-Liptak_Apr_2009-72">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-Richey_Apr_2009-73">[72]</a> In a 5–4 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that New Haven had engaged in impermissible racial discrimination against the White and Hispanic majority.</dd></dl> <ul><li>2013 — <a href="/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2013)" title="Fisher v. University of Texas (2013)">Fisher v. University of Texas I</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_570" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 570">570</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/570/297/">297</a> (2013) — clarified Grutter v. Bollinger by stating that a university may not consider race as a factor in admissions unless "available, workable race-neutral alternatives do not suffice," and that such a decision warrants strict scrutiny.</li> <li>2014 — <a href="/wiki/Schuette_v._Coalition_to_Defend_Affirmative_Action" class="mw-redirect" title="Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action">Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_572" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 572">572</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/572/291/">291</a> (2014) — upheld <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Civil_Rights_Initiative" title="Michigan Civil Rights Initiative">Michigan's ban</a> on affirmative action for public institutions</li> <li>2016 — <a href="/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2016)" title="Fisher v. University of Texas (2016)">Fisher v. University of Texas II</a>, No. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/579/14-981/">14-981</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_579" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 579">579</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> ___ (2016) — upheld the university's limited use of race in admissions decisions because the university showed it had a clear goal of limited scope without other workable race-neutral means to achieve it.</li> <li>2021 — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vitolo_v._Guzman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vitolo v. Guzman (page does not exist)">Vitolo v. Guzman</a>, 999 F.3d 353 (6th Cir. 2021)</li> <li>2022 — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlton-Perkins_v._University_of_Cincinnati&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charlton-Perkins v. University of Cincinnati (page does not exist)">Charlton-Perkins v. University of Cincinnati</a>, 35 F.4th 1053 (6th Cir. 2022)</li> <li>2023 — <a href="/wiki/Coalition_for_TJ_v._Fairfax_County_School_Board" title="Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board">Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board</a>, ___ F.4th ___ (4th Cir. 2023)</li> <li>2023 — <a href="/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._President_and_Fellows_of_Harvard_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College">Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College</a>, No. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/600/20-1199/">20-1199</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_600" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 600">600</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> ___ (2023) — overruled Regents of the University of California v. Bakke and Grutter v. Bollinger and disallowed non-individualized racial preferences in admissions for civilian universities</li> <li>2025 — <a href="/wiki/Ames_v._Ohio_Department_of_Youth_Services" title="Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services">Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services</a>, No. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/604/23-1039/">23-1039</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_604" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 604">604</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> ___ (2025)</li> <li>TBD — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._University_of_Texas_at_Austin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Students for Fair Admissions v. University of Texas at Austin (page does not exist)">Students for Fair Admissions v. University of Texas at Austin</a> (W.D. Tex.) (pending)</li> <li>TBD — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._United_States_Military_Academy_West_Point&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Students for Fair Admissions v. United States Military Academy West Point (page does not exist)">Students for Fair Admissions v. United States Military Academy at West Point</a> (S.D.N.Y.) (pending)<a href="#cite_note-74">[73]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_cases_and_legislation">State cases and legislation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: State cases and legislation">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Arizona">Arizona</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Arizona">edit</a>]</div> In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> voters passed a constitutional ban on government-sponsored affirmative action known as Proposition 107.<a href="#cite_note-Zemansky_Nov_2010-75">[74]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="California">California</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: California">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>1946 – Mendez v. Westminster School District</li> <li>1967 – Penn/Stump v. City of Oakland</li></ul> <dl><dd>This Consent Decree stated that men and women should be hired by race and gender as police officers in the same percentage that they are represented in the population of the city. This process took more than twenty years to achieve. At the time, there were approximately 34 black police officers on the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Police_Department" title="Oakland Police Department">Oakland Police Department</a> and no black females among them. At this time, the militant <a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_Party" title="Black Panther Party">Black Panther Party</a> had formed in part due to police brutality at the hands of Oakland's overwhelmingly white police force. The <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">City of Oakland</a>, by contrast, had a population that was nearly majority African American, prompting the push for recruiting minority police officers.<a href="#cite_note-76">[75]</a></dd></dl> <ul><li>1996 – <a href="/wiki/Proposition_209" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposition 209">Proposition 209</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>This proposition mandates that "the state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting."<a href="#cite_note-77">[76]</a> Prop 209 has been opposed by some government officials who have stated an intent to ignore the Proposition, including San Francisco Mayor <a href="/wiki/Willie_Brown_(politician)" title="Willie Brown (politician)">Willie Brown</a> and California Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lockyer" title="Bill Lockyer">Bill Lockyer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-78">[77]</a></dd></dl> <ul><li>2014 – <a href="/wiki/California_Senate_Constitutional_Amendment_No._5" class="mw-redirect" title="California Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 5">Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 5</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>This initiative proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the State to delete provisions of <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_209" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 209">California Proposition 209</a> related to public education, in order to allow the State of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> giving preferential treatment in public education to individuals and groups on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.<a href="#cite_note-79">[78]</a> The amendment passed in the Assembly, but was withdrawn from consideration in the Senate.<a href="#cite_note-80">[79]</a></dd></dl> <ul><li>2020 – <a href="/wiki/2020_California_Proposition_16" title="2020 California Proposition 16">Proposition 16</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>This legislatively referred initiative appeared on the November 2020 ballot and asked California voters whether to repeal 1996's Proposition 209 and reintroduce affirmative action to the state. It was defeated with 57% of voters voting against it.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Florida">Florida</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Florida">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Idaho">Idaho</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Idaho">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Massachusetts">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>1998 – Wessmann v. Gittens 160 F.3d 790 (1st Cir. 1998)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Michigan">Michigan</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Michigan">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>2006 – <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Civil_Rights_Initiative" title="Michigan Civil Rights Initiative">Proposal 2</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>After Gratz and Grutter, in November 2006, voters in the State of <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> banned affirmative action by passing Proposal 2, a statewide referendum amending the Michigan Constitution. Proposal 2 bans public affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment to groups or individuals based on their race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin for public employment, public education or public contracting purposes. The amendment, however, contains an exception for actions that are mandated by federal law or that are necessary in order for an institution to receive federal funding. On April 22, 2014, the Supreme Court upheld the ban in <a href="/wiki/Schuette_v._Coalition_to_Defend_Affirmative_Action" class="mw-redirect" title="Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action">Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action</a> and ruled "that there is no authority...for the judiciary to set aside Michigan laws that commit to the voters the determination whether racial preferences may be considered in governmental decisions, in particular with respect to school decisions."<a href="#cite_note-81">[80]</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nebraska">Nebraska</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Nebraska">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>2008 – <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Civil_Rights_Initiative_424" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative 424">Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative 424</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>In November 2008, <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a> voters passed a constitutional ban on government-sponsored affirmative action. Initiative 424 bars government from giving preferential treatment to people on the basis of ethnicity or gender.<a href="#cite_note-82">[81]</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_Hampshire">New Hampshire</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: New Hampshire">edit</a>]</div> As of January 1, 2012 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/HB0623.html">House Bill 623</a>), affirmative action is not allowed in college admissions and employment.<a href="#cite_note-83">[82]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Oklahoma">edit</a>]</div> During the November 6, 2012 election, a majority of <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a> voters voted to pass Oklahoma State Question 759, which ended affirmative action in college admissions and public employment.<a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Texas">Texas</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Texas">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>1996 – <a href="/wiki/Hopwood_v._Texas" title="Hopwood v. Texas">Hopwood v. University of Texas Law School</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>In 1992, Cheryl Hopwood and three other white law school applicants challenged the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_Law_School" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Texas Law School">University of Texas Law School</a>'s affirmative action program and claimed that they were rejected for the 1992–1993 academic year based upon their unfair preferences toward less qualified minority applicants.<a href="#cite_note-Wright_1997-85">[84]</a> Hopwood rejected the legitimacy of diversity as a goal for the University of Texas education system since educational diversity was not recognized as a state goal.<a href="#cite_note-Wright_1997-85">[84]</a> On March 19, 1996, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fifth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit">U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit</a> suspended the University of Texas Law School's affirmative action admissions program and the university's subsequent appeal to the Supreme Court in July was declined. Race-sensitive admissions would no longer be permitted at the state's public colleges and universities and had extended effects into universities in <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Wright_1997-85">[84]</a> In the year after the Hopwood case, only 4 black students were admitted into the law school whereas previous years had averages of above 31 admittances.<a href="#cite_note-86">[85]</a> To ameliorate the effects of the Hopwood case, the University of Texas legislature passed the Top 10 Percent Rule, which requires public universities to automatically accept students who graduated within the top 10 percent of their high school classes. In 2003, the Supreme Court overturned the ruling of Hopwood v. Texas.<a href="#cite_note-87">[86]</a></dd></dl> <ul><li>2013, 2016 – <a href="/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2013)" title="Fisher v. University of Texas (2013)">Fisher v. University of Texas</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>On October 10, 2012, Abigail Fisher challenged The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">University of Texas at Austin</a>' consideration of race in the undergraduate admissions process.<a href="#cite_note-Hinrichs_2012-88">[87]</a> After being denied admission at the University of Texas at Austin for the Fall of 2008 term, Fisher argued that UT Austin's use of race in admissions decisions violated her right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.<a href="#cite_note-Hinrichs_2012-88">[87]</a> The United States District Court ruled in favor of the university that race can be considered as a factor in admissions, but must be able to prove that "available, workable race-neutral alternatives do not suffice."<a href="#cite_note-AERA_2013-89">[88]</a> The Fifth Circuit also ruled in favor of the university and the case was ultimately brought to the Supreme Court. In a vote of 7–1, the Supreme Court ruled to send the case back down to the Fifth Circuit for further review under the <a href="/wiki/Strict_scrutiny" title="Strict scrutiny">strict scrutiny</a> standard which is the highest standard of judicial review. On July 15, 2014, the Fifth Circuit voted 2–1 to again uphold UT Austin's consideration of race in admissions.<a href="#cite_note-AERA_2013-89">[88]</a> Fisher petitioned the Supreme Court to hear her case once again. In June 2015, the Court agreed to do so. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgement of the Fifth Circuit (i.e. sided with the University) in a 4–3 decision, <a href="/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2016)" title="Fisher v. University of Texas (2016)">Fisher v. University of Texas</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Washington">Washington</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Washington">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>1998 – <a href="/wiki/Initiative_200" title="Initiative 200">Initiative 200</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Initiative 200 was a 1998 ballot initiative that prohibits "preferential treatment" based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, education, and contracting. The <a href="/wiki/Washington_Supreme_Court" title="Washington Supreme Court">Washington Supreme Court</a> interpreted I-200 to forbid affirmative actions that promote a "less qualified" applicant over a "better qualified" one, but not programs that sought to achieve diversity without consideration of individual merit. In April 2019, the Washington Legislature passed Initiative 1000, ending the ban on affirmative action.<a href="#cite_note-90">[89]</a> However, in November 2019, Referendum 88 blocked Initiative 1000 from going into effect.<a href="#cite_note-91">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-92">[91]</a></dd></dl> <ul><li>2000 – Smith v. University of Washington 233 F.3d 1188 (9th Cir. 2000)<a href="#cite_note-93">[92]</a></li> <li>2003 – Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, 149 Wn.2d 660, 72 P.3d 151 (2003), 2003</li> <li>2004 – Smith v. University of Washington 392 F.3d 367 (9th Cir. 2004)</li> <li>2019 – Initiative 1000 (I-1000) would reintroduce Affirmative Action back to the state of Washington. However, residents of Washington initiated a "Let People Vote!" movement and called for a referendum. Referendum 88 would then decide whether I-1000 would be able to go into effect. It was defeated in the November election in 2019 by a direct majority vote, effectively continuing the ban on Affirmative Action put in place by Initiative 200 in 1998.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arguments_in_favor_of_affirmative_action">Arguments in favor of affirmative action</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Arguments in favor of affirmative action">edit</a>]</div> President Kennedy stated in <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_10925" title="Executive Order 10925">Executive Order 10925</a> that "discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin is contrary to the Constitutional principles and policies of the United States"; that "it is the plain and positive obligation of the United States Government to promote and ensure equal opportunity for all qualified persons, without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin, employed or seeking employment with the Federal Government and on government contracts"; that "it is the policy of the executive branch of the Government to encourage by positive measures equal opportunity for all qualified persons within the Government"; and that "it is in the general interest and welfare of the United States to promote its economy, security, and national defense through the most efficient and effective utilization of all available manpower".<a href="#cite_note-Exec_10925-57">[56]</a> Some individual American states also have orders that prohibit discrimination and outline affirmative action requirements with regard to race, creed, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender, age, and disability status.<a href="#cite_note-94">[93]</a> Proponents of affirmative action argue that by nature the system is not only race based, but also class and gender based. To eliminate two of its key components would undermine the purpose of the entire system. The <a href="/wiki/African_American_Policy_Forum" title="African American Policy Forum">African American Policy Forum</a> believes that the class based argument is based on the idea that non-poor minorities do not experience racial and gender based <a href="/wiki/Discrimination" title="Discrimination">discrimination</a>. The AAPF believes that "Race-conscious affirmative action remains necessary to address race-based obstacles that block the path to success of countless people of color of all classes". The group goes on to say that affirmative action is responsible for creating the African American middle class, so it does not make sense to say that the system only benefits the middle and upper classes.<a href="#cite_note-95">[94]</a> Researchers told <a href="/wiki/ABC_News_(United_States)" title="ABC News (United States)">ABC News</a> in 2023 that economic inequality, segregation and academic inequity in <a href="/wiki/K-12_education_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="K-12 education in the United States">K-12 schools</a>, as well as the lasting effect of past exclusion from colleges and universities have led to the continued underrepresentation of Black and brown students in four-year institutions.<a href="#cite_note-96">[95]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Example_of_success_in_women">Example of success in women</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Example of success in women">edit</a>]</div> Supporters of affirmative action point out the benefits <a href="/wiki/History_of_women_in_the_United_States" title="History of women in the United States">women</a> gained from the policy as evidence of its ability to assist historically marginalized groups. In the fifty years that disenfranchised groups have been the subject of affirmative action laws, their representation has risen dramatically<a href="#cite_note-97">[96]</a> in the workforce, but some research suggests the increase in white women is due to their decision to enter their workforce rather than affirmative action.<a href="#cite_note-98">[97]</a> According to anti-racism activist <a href="/wiki/Tim_Wise" title="Tim Wise">Tim Wise</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">Thanks in large measure to affirmative action and civil rights protections that opened up previously restricted opportunities to women of all colors, from 1972 to 1993: – The percentage of women architects increased from 3% to nearly 19% of the total; – The percentage of women doctors more than doubled from 10% to 22% of all doctors; – The percentage of women lawyers grew from 4% to 23% of the national total; – The percentage of female engineers went from less than 1% to nearly 9%; – The percentage of female chemists grew from 10% to 30% of all chemists; and, – The percentage of female college faculty went from 28% to 42% of all faculty. (Moseley-Braun 1995, 8) Furthermore, since only 1983, the percentage of women business managers and professionals grew from 41% of all such persons, to 48%, while the number of female police officers more than doubled, from 6% to 13% (U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census 1995, Table 649). According to a 1995 study, there are at least six million women — the overwhelming majority of them white — who simply wouldn't have the jobs they have today, but for the inroads made by affirmative action (Cose 1997, 171).<a href="#cite_note-99">[98]</a></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Need_to_counterbalance_historic_inequalities">Need to counterbalance historic inequalities</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Need to counterbalance historic inequalities">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="African_Americans">African Americans</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: African Americans">edit</a>]</div> For the first 250 years of America's recorded history, Africans were traded as commodities and forced to work without pay, first as indentured servants then as slaves. In much of the United States at this time, they were barred from all levels of education, from basic reading to higher-level skills useful outside of the plantation setting.<a href="#cite_note-100">[99]</a> After slavery's <a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">abolition in 1865</a>, Black-Americans saw the educational gap between themselves and whites compounded by segregation. They were forced to attend separate, under-funded schools due to <a href="/wiki/Plessy_v._Ferguson" title="Plessy v. Ferguson">Plessy v. Ferguson</a>. Though de jure school segregation ended with <a href="/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education" title="Brown v. Board of Education">Brown v. Board of Education</a>, de facto segregation continues in education into the present day.<a href="#cite_note-101">[100]</a> Following the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the educational gap between White and Black Americans was widened by <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>'s GI Bill. This piece of legislation paved the way for white GIs to attend college. Despite their veteran status, returning Black servicemen were not afforded loans at the same rate as White ones. Furthermore, at the time of its introduction, segregation was still the law of the land barring blacks from the best institutions. Overall, "Nearly 8 million servicemen and servicewomen were educated under the provisions of the GI Bill after World War II. But for blacks, higher educational opportunities were so few that the promise of the GI Bill went largely unfulfilled."<a href="#cite_note-102">[101]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hispanic_Americans">Hispanic Americans</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Hispanic Americans">edit</a>]</div> According to a study by Dr. Paul Brest, <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanics or "Latinos"</a> include immigrants who are descendants of immigrants from the countries comprising Central and South America.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> In 1991, <a href="/wiki/Mexican_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican American">Mexican Americans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Ricans_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Ricans in the United States">Puerto Ricans</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cuban_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuban American">Cuban Americans</a> made up 80% of the Latino population in the United States. Latinos are disadvantaged compared to <a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White Americans</a> and are more likely to live in poverty.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> They are the least well-educated major ethnic group and suffered a 3% drop in high school completion rate while African Americans experienced a 12% increase between 1975 and 1990.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> In 1990, they constituted 9% of the population, but only received 3.1% of the bachelors's degrees awarded. At times when it was favorable to lawmakers, Latinos were considered "white" under Jim Crow laws during Reconstruction.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> In other cases, according to Paul Brest, Latinos have been classified as an inferior race and a threat to white purity. Latinos have encountered considerable discrimination in areas such as employment, housing, and education.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> Brest finds that stereotypes continue to be largely negative and many perceive Latinos as "lazy, unproductive, and on the dole."<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> Furthermore, native-born Latino-Americans and recent immigrants are seen as identical since outsiders tend not to differentiate between Latino groups.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Native_Americans">Native Americans</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Native Americans">edit</a>]</div> The category of <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> applies to the diverse group of people who lived in North America before European settlement.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> During the U.S. government's <a href="/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_the_United_States" title="Territorial evolution of the United States">westward expansion</a>, Native Americans were displaced from their land which had been their home for centuries. Instead, they were forced onto reservations which were far smaller and less productive.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> According to Brest, land belonging to Native Americans was reduced from 138 million acres in 1887 to 52 million acres in 1934.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> In 1990, the poverty rate for Native Americans was more than triple that of the whites and only 9.4% of Native Americans have completed a bachelor's degree as opposed to 25.2% of whites and 12.2% of African Americans.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Asian_Americans">Asian Americans</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Asian Americans">edit</a>]</div> Early <a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian immigrants</a> experienced prejudice and discrimination in the forms of not having the ability to become naturalized citizens. They also struggled with many of the same school segregation laws that African Americans faced.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> Particularly, during World War II, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese American">Japanese Americans</a> were <a href="/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans" title="Internment of Japanese Americans">interned in camps</a> and lost their property, homes, and businesses.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> Discrimination against Asians began with the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act" title="Chinese Exclusion Act">Chinese Exclusion Act</a> of 1882 and then continued with the <a href="/wiki/Scott_Act_(1888)" title="Scott Act (1888)">Scott Act of 1888</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Geary_Act" title="Geary Act">Geary Act</a> of 1892. At the beginning of the 20th century, the United States passed the <a href="/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924" title="Immigration Act of 1924">Immigration Act of 1924</a> to prevent Asian immigration out of fear that Asians were stealing white jobs and lowering the standard for wages.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> In addition, whites and non-Asians do not differentiate among the different Asian groups and perpetuate the "<a href="/wiki/Model_minority" title="Model minority">model minority</a>" stereotype. According to a 2010 article by Professor Qin Zhang of Fairfield University, Asians are characterized as one dimensional in having great work ethic and valuing education, but lacking in communication skills and personality.<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-104">[103]</a> A negative outcome of this incorrect stereotype is that Asians have been portrayed as having poor leadership and interpersonal skills. This has contributed to the "<a href="/wiki/Glass_ceiling" title="Glass ceiling">glass ceiling</a>" phenomenon in which although there are many qualified Asian Americans, they occupy a disproportionately small number of executive positions in businesses;<a href="#cite_note-Brest_1995-103">[102]</a> although this has recently changed with the many successes of Asian billionaires,<a href="#cite_note-105">[104]</a> pop-culture icons including <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Lee" title="Bruce Lee">Bruce Lee</a>, sports figures such as <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Lin" title="Jeremy Lin">Jeremy Lin</a>, gold-medal figure skater <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Kwan" title="Michelle Kwan">Michelle Kwan</a>, and free-style skier <a href="/wiki/Eileen_Gu" title="Eileen Gu">Eileen Gu</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fair_vs._equal/discrimination_vs._inclusion">Fair vs. equal/discrimination vs. inclusion</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Fair vs. equal/discrimination vs. inclusion">edit</a>]</div> Many proponents of affirmative action recognize that the policy is inherently unequal; however, minding the inescapable fact that historic inequalities exist in America, they believe the policy is much more fair than one in which these circumstances are not taken into account. Furthermore, those in favor of affirmative action see it as an effort towards inclusion rather than a discriminatory practice. "Job discrimination is grounded in prejudice and exclusion, whereas affirmative action is an effort to overcome prejudicial treatment through inclusion. The most effective way to cure society of exclusionary practices is to make special efforts at inclusion, which is exactly what affirmative action does."<a href="#cite_note-106">[105]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diversity">Diversity</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Diversity">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Diversity,_equity,_and_inclusion" title="Diversity, equity, and inclusion">Diversity, equity, and inclusion</a></div> The National Conference of State Legislatures stated in a 2014 overview that many supporters for affirmative action argue that policies stemming from affirmative action help to open doors for historically excluded groups in workplace settings and higher education.<a href="#cite_note-Messerli_2010-1">[1]</a> Workplace diversity has become a business management concept in which employers actively seek to promote an inclusive workplace.<a href="#cite_note-EEOC_Best_Practices-107">[106]</a> By valuing diversity, employers possess the capacity to create an environment in which there is a culture of respect for individual differences as well as the ability to draw in talent and ideas from all segments of the population.<a href="#cite_note-Card_2005-108">[107]</a> By creating this diverse workforce, these employers and companies gain a competitive advantage in an increasingly global economy.<a href="#cite_note-Card_2005-108">[107]</a> According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, many private sector employers have concluded that a diverse workforce makes a "company stronger, more profitable, and a better place to work." Therefore, these diversity promoting policies are implemented for competitive reasons rather than as a response to discrimination, but have shown the value in having diversity.<a href="#cite_note-EEOC_Best_Practices-107">[106]</a> The <a href="/wiki/American_Association_of_University_Professors" title="American Association of University Professors">American Association of University Professors</a> (AAUP), in 2000 concluded that the consensus of research found that "the resulting diversity actually helps the institution achieve its educational goals....racial and ethnic diversity has both direct and indirect positive effects on the educational outcomes and experiences of college students" <a href="#cite_note-109">[108]</a> <a href="#cite_note-Alger_2000-110">[109]</a> According to a study by Geoffrey Maruyama and José F. Moreno, the results showed that faculty members believed diversity helps students to reach the essential goals of a college education, Caucasian students suffer no detrimental effects from classroom diversity, and that attention to multicultural learning improves the ability of colleges and universities to accomplish their missions.<a href="#cite_note-Alger_2000-110">[109]</a> Furthermore, a diverse population of students offers unique perspectives in order to challenge preconceived notions through exposure to the experiences and ideas of others.<a href="#cite_note-American_Bar_1998-111">[110]</a> According to Professor Gurin of the University of Michigan, skills such as "perspective-taking, acceptance of differences, a willingness and capacity to find commonalities among differences, acceptance of conflict as normal, conflict resolution, participation in democracy, and interest in the wider social world" can potentially be developed in college while being exposed to heterogeneous group of students.<a href="#cite_note-Alger_2000-110">[109]</a> In addition, broadening perspectives helps students confront personal and substantive stereotypes and fosters discussion about racial and ethnic issues in a classroom setting.<a href="#cite_note-American_Bar_1998-111">[110]</a> Furthermore, the 2000 AAUP study states that having a diversity of views leads to a better discussion and greater understanding among the students on issues of race, tolerance, fairness, etc.<a href="#cite_note-Alger_2000-110">[109]</a> Fidan Ana Kurtulus, an economics professor, found that during the 1970s and early 1980s, affirmative action led to an increase in the share of women and minorities working in federal contractors compared to firms that were not required to follow affirmative action guidelines.<a href="#cite_note-112">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prominent_people_in_support_of_affirmative_action">Prominent people in support of affirmative action</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Prominent people in support of affirmative action">edit</a>]</div> There have been many supporters of affirmative action over the course of American history. Several prominent figures in the <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights movement</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bayard_Rustin" title="Bayard Rustin">Bayard Rustin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall" title="Thurgood Marshall">Thurgood Marshall</a>, have expressed support for affirmative action in some respect.<a href="#cite_note-:0-114">[113]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Why_We_Can%27t_Wait" title="Why We Can't Wait">Why We Can't Wait</a>, King advocated for racial preference to be given to African Americans to counteract the oppression they'd endured for centuries. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote">No amount of gold could provide an adequate compensation for the exploitation and humiliation of the Negro in America down through the centuries. Not all the wealth of this affluent society could meet the bill. Yet a price can be placed on unpaid wages. The ancient common law has always provided a remedy for the appropriation of the labor of one human being by another. This law should be made to apply for American Negroes. The payment should be in the form of a massive program by the government of special, compensatory measures which could be regarded as a settlement in accordance with the accepted practice of common law. <div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Martin Luther King, Jr., Why We Can't Wait</cite></div></blockquote> These "compensatory measures" included a system resembling <a href="/wiki/Reparations_for_slavery" title="Reparations for slavery">reparations for slavery</a>, as well as preferential treatment in college admissions decisions.<a href="#cite_note-115">[114]</a> Rustin was in favor of similar policies, although in his lifetime, he was more critical of universities admitting based on applicants' races.<a href="#cite_note-116">[115]</a> Marshall, on the other hand, was a firm believer in affirmative action in admissions decisions, writing, following the verdict on <a href="/wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_California_v._Bakke" title="Regents of the University of California v. Bakke">Regents of the University of California v. Bakke</a>, "it is because of a legacy of unequal treatment that we now must permit the institutions of this society to give consideration to race in making decisions about who will hold the positions of influence, affluence, and prestige in America.”<a href="#cite_note-:0-114">[113]</a> Many presidents throughout the last century have failed to take a very firm stance on the policy, leaving the public to discern the presidents' opinion for themselves. <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, however, made his stance on affirmative action very clear in a speech on July 19, 1995, nearly two and a half years after his inauguration. In his speech, he discussed the history in the United States that brought the policy into fruition: slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation. Clinton also mentioned a point similar to President <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>'s "Freedom is not Enough" speech, and declared that just outlawing discrimination in the country would not be enough to give everyone in America equality. He addressed the arguments that affirmative action hurt the white middle class and said that the policy was not the source of their problems. Clinton plainly outlined his stance on affirmative action, saying: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote">Let me be clear about what affirmative action must not mean and what I won't allow it to be. It does not mean – and I don't favor – the unjustified preference of the unqualified over the qualified of any race or gender. It doesn't mean – and I don't favor – numerical quotas. It doesn't mean – and I don't favor – rejection or selection of any employee or student solely on the basis of race or gender without regard to merit...</blockquote> In the end, Clinton stated that all the evidence shows that, even though affirmative action should be a temporary policy, the time had not come for it to be ended. He felt it was still a relevant practice and overall, the goal of the nation should be "mend it, but don't end it." Clinton's words became a slogan for many Americans on the topic of affirmative action.<a href="#cite_note-Anderson_2004-18">[18]</a> In addition to activists and politicians, several modern-day academics and political theorists support affirmative action, including <a href="/wiki/Ibram_X._Kendi" title="Ibram X. Kendi">Ibram X. Kendi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robin_DiAngelo" title="Robin DiAngelo">Robin DiAngelo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-114">[113]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arguments_against_affirmative_action">Arguments against affirmative action</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Arguments against affirmative action">edit</a>]</div> Affirmative action has been the subject of numerous court cases, where it is often contested on <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">constitutional</a> grounds. Some states specifically prohibit affirmative action, such as California (<a href="/wiki/Proposition_209" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposition 209">Proposition 209</a>), Washington (<a href="/wiki/Initiative_200" title="Initiative 200">Initiative 200</a>), Michigan (<a href="/wiki/Michigan_Civil_Rights_Initiative" title="Michigan Civil Rights Initiative">Michigan Civil Rights Initiative</a>), and Nebraska (<a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Civil_Rights_Initiative_424" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative 424">Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative</a>). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bias">Bias</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Bias">edit</a>]</div> <table style="text-align:center; float:right; clear:right; margin-left:4em; margin:auto;" class="wikitable"> <caption>College Acceptance Rates (2005)<a href="#cite_note-117">[116]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>Overall Acceptance Rate</th> <th>Black Acceptance Rate</th> <th>% Difference </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard</a> </th> <td>10.0%</td> <td>16.7%</td> <td>+ 67.0% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</a> </th> <td>15.9%</td> <td>31.6%</td> <td>+ 98.7% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown</a> </th> <td>16.6%</td> <td>26.3%</td> <td>+ 58.4% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">Penn</a> </th> <td>21.2%</td> <td>30.1%</td> <td>+ 42.0% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown</a> </th> <td>22.0%</td> <td>30.7%</td> <td>+ 39.5% </td></tr></tbody></table> A 2005 study by Princeton sociologists <a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Espenshade" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas J. Espenshade">Thomas J. Espenshade</a> and Chang Y. Chung compared the effects of affirmative action on racial and special groups at three highly selective private research universities. The data from the study represent admissions disadvantage and advantage in terms of <a href="/wiki/SAT" title="SAT">SAT</a> points (on the old 1600-point scale): <ul><li>Whites (non-recruited athlete/non-legacy status): 0 (control group)</li> <li>Blacks: +230</li> <li>Hispanics: +185</li> <li>Asians: –50</li> <li>Recruited athletes: +200</li> <li>Legacies (children of alumni): +160<a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a></li></ul> In 2009, Princeton sociologist Thomas Espenshade and researcher Alexandria Walton Radford, in their book No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal, examined data on students applying to college in 1997 and calculated that Asian-Americans needed nearly perfect SAT scores of 1550 to have the same chance of being accepted at a top private university as whites who scored 1410 and African Americans who got 1100.<a href="#cite_note-119">[118]</a> <table style="text-align:center; float:right; clear:right; margin-left:4em; margin:auto;" class="wikitable"> <caption>Medical School Acceptance Rates (2009–11)[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] </caption> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>MCAT 24–26, GPA 3.20-3.39</th> <th>MCAT 27–29, GPA 3.20–3.39</th> <th>MCAT 27–29, GPA 3.40–3.59 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Asian </th> <td>7.7% </td> <td>17.6% </td> <td>30.0% </td></tr> <tr> <th>White </th> <td>12.3% </td> <td>24.5% </td> <td>35.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Hispanic </th> <td>36.0% </td> <td>54.5% </td> <td>68.7% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Black </th> <td>67.3% </td> <td>83.3% </td> <td>85.9% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="text-align:center; float:right; clear:right; margin-left:4em; margin:auto;" class="wikitable"> <caption>Medical School Acceptance Rates (2013–15)<a href="#cite_note-120">[119]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>MCAT 24–26, GPA 3.20–3.39</th> <th>MCAT 27–29, GPA 3.20–3.39</th> <th>MCAT 27–29, GPA 3.40–3.59 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Asian </th> <td>6.5% </td> <td>13.9% </td> <td>20.4% </td></tr> <tr> <th>White </th> <td>8.2% </td> <td>19.0% </td> <td>30.6% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Hispanic </th> <td>30.9% </td> <td>43.7% </td> <td>61.7% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Black </th> <td>58.7% </td> <td>75.1% </td> <td>81.1% </td></tr></tbody></table> After controlling for grades, test scores, family background (legacy status), and athletic status (whether or not the student was a recruited athlete), Espenshade and Radford found that whites were three times, Hispanics six times, and blacks more than 15 times as likely to be accepted at a US university as Asian Americans.<a href="#cite_note-121">[120]</a> Thomas Espenshade cautions though, "I stop short of saying that Asian-American students are being discriminated against in the college application process because we don't have sufficient empirical evidence to support that claim."<a href="#cite_note-122">[121]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mismatch_effect">Mismatch effect</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Mismatch effect">edit</a>]</div> According to <a href="/wiki/Richard_Sander" title="Richard Sander">Richard Sander</a>, artificially elevating minority students into schools they otherwise would not be capable of attending discourages them and tends to engender failure and high dropout rates for these students. For example, about half of Black college students rank in the bottom 20 percent of their classes,<a href="#cite_note-123">[122]</a> Black law school graduates are four times as likely to fail bar exams as are whites, and interracial friendships are more likely to form among students with relatively similar levels of academic preparation; thus, Black and Hispanic people are more socially integrated on campuses where they are less academically mismatched.<a href="#cite_note-124">[123]</a> He states that the supposed "beneficiaries" of affirmative action – minorities – do not actually benefit and rather are harmed by the policy.<a href="#cite_note-Sander_2004-125">[124]</a> Sander's ideas have been disputed, and his empirical analyses have been subject to substantial criticism.<a href="#cite_note-126">[125]</a> A group including some of the country's lead statistical methodologists told the Supreme Court that Sander's analyses were sufficiently flawed that the Court would be wise to ignore them entirely.<a href="#cite_note-127">[126]</a> A 2008 study by <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Rothstein" title="Jesse Rothstein">Jesse Rothstein</a> and Albert H. Yoon confirmed Sander's mismatch findings, but also found that eliminating affirmative action would "lead to a 63 percent decline in Black matriculants at all law schools and a 90 percent decline at elite law schools."<a href="#cite_note-128">[127]</a> These high numbers predictions were doubted in a review of previous studies by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Arcidiacono" title="Peter Arcidiacono">Peter Arcidiacono</a> and Michael Lovenheim. Their 2016 article found a strong indication that racial preference results in a mismatch effect. However, they argued that the attendance by some African-American law students to less-selective schools would significantly improve the low first attempt rate at passing the <a href="/wiki/State_bar_association" title="State bar association">state bar</a>, but they cautioned that such improvements could be outweighed by decreases in law school attendance.<a href="#cite_note-129">[128]</a> A 2021 study in the Quarterly Journal of Economics found that the 1998 ban on race-based affirmative action in California public universities led to lower wages for minority applicants and deterred qualified students from applying, which it stated was inconsistent with the mismatch effect.<a href="#cite_note-130">[129]</a> A 2023 study published in Research in Higher Education also argues against mismatch and explains that Ariciacono and Lovenheim's findings are not supported when considering additional states and years. <a href="#cite_note-131">[130]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Class_inequality">Class inequality</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Class inequality">edit</a>]</div> The controversy surrounding affirmative action's effectiveness is based on the idea of <a href="/wiki/Class_inequality" class="mw-redirect" title="Class inequality">class inequality</a>. Opponents of racial affirmative action argue that the program actually benefits middle- and upper-class <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African Americans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic Americans</a> at the expense of lower-class <a href="/wiki/European_Americans" title="European Americans">European Americans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian Americans</a>. This argument supports the idea of class-based affirmative action. America's poor population is disproportionately made up of people of color, so class-based affirmative action would disproportionately help people of color. This would eliminate the need for race-based affirmative action as well as reducing any disproportionate benefits for middle- and upper-class people of color.<a href="#cite_note-132">[131]</a> In 1976, a group of <a href="/wiki/Italian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian American">Italian American</a> professors at <a href="/wiki/City_University_of_New_York" title="City University of New York">City University of New York</a> successfully advocated to be added as an affirmative action category for promotion and hiring. Italian Americans are usually considered white in the US and would not be covered under affirmative action policies, but statistical evidence suggested that Italian Americans were underrepresented relative to the proportion of Italian American residents in New York City.<a href="#cite_note-'70s_273-133">[132]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>] Libertarian economist <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sowell" title="Thomas Sowell">Thomas Sowell</a> wrote in his book, <a href="/wiki/Affirmative_Action_Around_the_World" title="Affirmative Action Around the World">Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study</a>, that affirmative action policies encourage non-preferred groups to designate themselves as members of preferred groups [i.e., primary beneficiaries of affirmative action] to take advantage of group preference policies.<a href="#cite_note-Sowell_2004b-134">[133]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diversity_2">Diversity</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Diversity">edit</a>]</div> Critics of affirmative action assert that while supporters define diversity as "heterogeneous in meaningful ways, for example, in skill set, education, work experiences, perspectives on a problem, cultural orientation, and so forth", the implementation is often solely based on superficial factors including gender, race and country of origin.<a href="#cite_note-135">[134]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prominent_people_against_affirmative_action">Prominent people against affirmative action</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Prominent people against affirmative action">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court Justice">Supreme Court Justice</a> <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Thomas" title="Clarence Thomas">Clarence Thomas</a> opposes affirmative action. He believes the <a href="/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause" title="Equal Protection Clause">Equal Protection Clause</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Fourteenth Amendment</a> forbids consideration of race, such as in race-based affirmative action or preferential treatment. He also believes it creates "a cult of victimization" and implies blacks require "special treatment in order to succeed." Thomas also cites his own experiences of affirmative action programs as a reason for his criticism.<a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[136]</a> Frederick Lynch, the author of Invisible Victims: White Males and the Crisis of Affirmative Action, did a study on white males that said they were victims of reverse discrimination.<a href="#cite_note-138">[137]</a> Lynch explains that these white men felt frustrated and unfairly victimized by affirmative action.<a href="#cite_note-Pierce_p23-139">[138]</a> <a href="/wiki/Shelby_Steele" title="Shelby Steele">Shelby Steele</a>, another author against affirmative action, wanted to see affirmative action go back to its original meaning of enforcing equal opportunity. He argued that blacks had to take full responsibility in their education and in maintaining a job. Steele believes that there is still a long way to go in America to reach the goal of eradicating discrimination.<a href="#cite_note-Pierce_p23-139">[138]</a> <a href="/wiki/Libertarianism" title="Libertarianism">Libertarian</a> economist <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sowell" title="Thomas Sowell">Thomas Sowell</a> identified what he says are negative results of affirmative action in his book, <a href="/wiki/Affirmative_Action_Around_the_World" title="Affirmative Action Around the World">Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Sowell_2004b-134">[133]</a> Sowell writes that affirmative action policies encourage non-preferred groups to designate themselves as members of preferred groups [i.e., primary beneficiaries of affirmative action] to take advantage of group preference policies; that they tend to benefit primarily the most fortunate among the preferred group (e.g., upper and middle class blacks), often to the detriment of the least fortunate among the non-preferred groups (e.g., poor white or Asian); that they reduce the incentives of both the preferred and non-preferred to perform at their best – the former because doing so is unnecessary and the latter because it can prove futile – thereby resulting in net losses for society as a whole; and that they engender animosity toward preferred groups as well.<a href="#cite_note-Sowell_2004b-134">[133]</a>: 115–147  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Implementation_in_universities">Implementation in universities</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Implementation in universities">edit</a>]</div> In the United States, a prominent form of racial preferences relates to access to education, particularly admission to universities and other forms of higher education. Race, ethnicity, native language, social class, geographical origin, parental attendance of the university in question (<a href="/wiki/Legacy_preferences" title="Legacy preferences">legacy admissions</a>), and/or gender are sometimes taken into account when the university assesses an applicant's grades and test scores. Individuals can also be awarded <a href="/wiki/Scholarship" title="Scholarship">scholarships</a> and have fees paid on the basis of criteria listed above.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Sex-based affirmative action is legal under <a href="/wiki/Title_IX" title="Title IX">Title IX</a>, which exempts sex-based discrimination in admissions to private undergraduate colleges.<a href="#cite_note-140">[139]</a> In the early 1970s, <a href="/wiki/Walter_J._Leonard" title="Walter J. Leonard">Walter J. Leonard</a>, an administrator at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>, invented the Harvard Plan, "one of the country's earliest and most effective affirmative-action programs, which became a model for other universities around the country."<a href="#cite_note-Schudel_Dec_2015-141">[140]</a> In 1978, the Supreme Court ruled in <a href="/wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_California_v._Bakke" title="Regents of the University of California v. Bakke">Regents of the University of California v. Bakke</a> that public universities (and other government institutions) could not set specific numerical targets based on race for admissions or employment; the Court said that "goals" and "timetables" for diversity could be set instead.<a href="#cite_note-Frum_p242-142">[141]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>] Dean of <a href="/wiki/Yale_Law_School" title="Yale Law School">Yale Law School</a> <a href="/wiki/Louis_Pollak" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Pollak">Louis Pollak</a> wrote in 1969 that for the previous 15 years Yale "customarily gave less weight to the <a href="/wiki/LSAT" class="mw-redirect" title="LSAT">LSAT</a> and the rest of the standard academic apparatus in assessing black applicants". He wrote that while most black students had "not achieved academic distinction", "very few have failed to graduate" and that "many black alumni have ... speedily demonstrated professional accomplishments of a high order". Pollak justified the university's plans to increase the number of minority students admitted with lowered standards "in the fact ... that the country needs far more—and especially far more well-trained—black lawyers, bearing in mind that today only 2 or 3 per cent of the American bar is black", and that if Yale could help "in meeting this important national need, it ought to try to do so". He believed that the "minor fraction of the student body"—up to two dozen in the class entering that year—with "prior educational deficiencies" was not likely to damage the school, and expected that the number of "well prepared" black applicants would greatly increase in the future.<a href="#cite_note-Fleming_1970-143">[142]</a> Scholars such as <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Dworkin" title="Ronald Dworkin">Ronald Dworkin</a> have asserted that no college applicant has a right to expect that a university will design its admissions policies in a way that prizes any particular set of qualities.<a href="#cite_note-144">[143]</a> In this view, admission is not an honor bestowed to reward superior merit but rather a way to advance the mission as each university defines it. If diversity is a goal of the university and their racial preferences do not discriminate against applicants based on hatred or contempt, then affirmative action can be judged acceptable based on the criteria related to the mission the university sets for itself.<a href="#cite_note-Sandel_2009-145">[144]</a> Consistent with this view, admissions officers often claim to select students not based on academic record alone but also on commitment, enthusiasm, <a href="/wiki/Motivation" title="Motivation">motivation</a>, and potential.<a href="#cite_note-146">[145]</a> Highly selective institutions of higher learning do not simply select only the highest SAT performers to populate their undergraduate courses, but high performers, with scores of 2250 to 2400 points, are extraordinarily well-represented at these institutions.<a href="#cite_note-147">[146]</a> To accommodate the ruling in <a href="/wiki/Hopwood_v._Texas" title="Hopwood v. Texas">Hopwood v. Texas</a> banning any use of race in school admissions, the State of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> passed a law guaranteeing entry to any state university if a student finished in the top 10% of their graduating class. Florida and California also have similar college admission guarantees. Class rank tends to benefit top students at less competitive high schools, to the detriment of students at more competitive high schools. This effect, however, may be intentional since less-funded, less competitive schools are more likely to be schools where minority enrollment is high. Critics argue that class rank is more a measure of one's peers than of one's self. The top 10% rule adds racial diversity only because schools are still highly racially segregated because of residential patterns.<a href="#cite_note-Gottlieb_Dec_1999-148">[147]</a> To some extent, the class rank rule has the same effect as traditional affirmative action.<a href="#cite_note-Gottlieb_Dec_1999-148">[147]</a> From 1996 to 1998, Texas did not practice affirmative action in public college admissions, and minority enrollment dropped. The state's adoption of the "top 10 percent" rule has helped return minority enrollment to pre-1996 levels.<a href="#cite_note-Gottlieb_Dec_1999-148">[147]</a> Race-conscious admissions continue to be practiced in Texas following <a href="/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2016)" title="Fisher v. University of Texas (2016)">Fisher v. University of Texas</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Effectiveness">Effectiveness</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Effectiveness">edit</a>]</div> Professor <a href="/wiki/Cornel_West" title="Cornel West">Cornel West</a> estimated that when he attended Harvard College in the early-1970's, 95% of black students were descended from American black families dating back to the <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crow" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Crow">Jim Crow</a> era.<a href="#cite_note-Abugov_Oct_2020-149">[148]</a> But during a panel discussion at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>'s reunion for black alumni during the 2003–04 academic year, two prominent black professors at the institution—<a href="/wiki/Lani_Guinier" title="Lani Guinier">Lani Guinier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Louis Gates">Henry Louis Gates</a>—pointed out that one unintended effect of affirmative-action policies at Harvard designed to increase the number of black students had been the replacement of American black students with black immigrants. Guinier and Gates claimed that only about a third of black Harvard <a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">undergraduates</a> were from families in which all four grandparents were born into the African American community, and that the majority of black students at Harvard were <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:African_people" title="Category:African people">African</a> immigrants or their children, and/or mixed-race children of biracial couples.<a href="#cite_note-Rimer_Jun_2004-150">[149]</a> By 2007, 41% of black students at Ivy League colleges were reportedly first- or second-generation immigrants, a group which made up only 13% of the US black population. In 2020, Harvard students whose families had been in the US for generations began referring to themselves as "Generational African-Americans", who hypothesized that their numbers were vanishingly small.<a href="#cite_note-Abugov_Oct_2020-149">[148]</a> The subject is alleged to be "taboo" among admissions officers, and black Harvard students have claimed the university has discouraged them from collecting demographic information about the backgrounds of the black student population.<a href="#cite_note-Rimer_Jun_2004-150">[149]</a> <a href="/wiki/UCLA_School_of_Law" title="UCLA School of Law">UCLA</a> professor Richard H. Sander published an article in the November 2004 issue of the Stanford Law Review that questioned the effectiveness of racial preferences in <a href="/wiki/Law_school" title="Law school">law schools</a>. He noted that, prior to his article, there had been no comprehensive study on the effects of affirmative action.<a href="#cite_note-Sander_2004-125">[124]</a> The article presents a study that shows that half of all black law students rank near the bottom of their class after the first year of law school and that black law students are more likely to drop out of law school and to fail the bar exam.<a href="#cite_note-Sander_2004-125">[124]</a> The article offers a tentative estimate that the production of new black lawyers in the United States would grow by eight percent if affirmative action programs at all law schools were ended. Less qualified black students would attend less prestigious schools where they would be more closely matched in abilities with their classmates and thus perform relatively better.<a href="#cite_note-Sander_2004-125">[124]</a> Sander helped to develop a socioeconomically based affirmative action plan for the UCLA School of Law after the passage of <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_209_(1996)" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 209 (1996)">Proposition 209 in 1996</a>, which prohibited the use of racial preferences by public universities in California. This change occurred after studies showed that the graduation rate of blacks at UCLA was 41%, compared to 73% for whites. A 2007 study by Mark Long, an economics professor at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington" title="University of Washington">University of Washington</a>, demonstrated that when state referendums and court decisions forced flagship public universities in California, Texas, and Washington to abandon their large, race-based affirmative-action preferences in admissions, so-called "Top-X" alternatives to racial preferences—in which the highest-graded students at all public high schools in the state were guaranteed admission to public colleges—were unable to make up for the losses in black and Hispanic enrollment. Specifically, apparent rebounds of black and Hispanic enrollment were, in fact, explained by increasing minority enrollment in high schools of those states, and the primary beneficiaries of these "class-based" affirmative action policies appeared to be white students. On the other hand, Long noted that affirmative action itself has both moral and material costs, including the unpopularity of race-based affirmative action in college admissions; the high costs associated with full-file reviews of applicants; and the specter of litigation.<a href="#cite_note-Long_2007-151">[150]</a> A 2020 study by UC Berkeley Center Studies in Higher Education researcher Zachary Bleemer on the impact of California's ban on affirmative action on student outcomes using a difference-in-difference research design and a newly constructed longitudinal database linking all 1994–2002 University of California applicants to their college enrollment, course performance, major choice, degree attainment, and wages into their mid-30s found "the first causal evidence that banning affirmative action exacerbates socioeconomic inequities."<a href="#cite_note-152">[151]</a> According to the study, the ban on affirmative action decreased Black and Latino student enrollment within the University of California system, reduced their likelihood of graduating and attending graduate school, and resulted in a decline in wages. At the same time, the policy did not significantly impact white and Asian American students. A 2023 study by Harvard University Fellow in Ethnoracial Relations David Mickey-Pabello provides evidence that more schools were impacted by state-level bans on affirmative action than previously known. Mickey-Pabello describes a process termed the "anti-affirmative action avalanche" where underrepresented minority students are displaced from the most highly selective schools, and some ultimately enroll at for-profit schools.<a href="#cite_note-153">[152]</a> The for-profit schools that had high enrollments of underrepresented minority students after state-level affirmative action bans in this study were also subsequently involved in lawsuits for predatory and illegal recruitment practices. <a href="#cite_note-154">[153]</a><a href="#cite_note-155">[154]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Complaints_and_lawsuits">Complaints and lawsuits</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Complaints and lawsuits">edit</a>]</div> Dean Pollak wrote of the Yale quota for black students in response to a letter from Judge <a href="/wiki/Macklin_Fleming" title="Macklin Fleming">Macklin Fleming</a> of the <a href="/wiki/California_Court_of_Appeal" class="mw-redirect" title="California Court of Appeal">California Court of Appeal</a>. Fleming criticized the Yale system as "a long step toward the practice of <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> and the maintenance of two law schools under one roof", with consequent "damage to the standards of Yale Law School". He warned that such an admission policy "will serve to perpetuate the very ideas and prejudices it is designed to combat. If in a given class the great majority of the black students are at the bottom of the class", it would result in racial stratification between students, demands by black students to weaken academic standards, and other racially based "aggressive conduct". Fleming noted that racial quotas were a <a href="/wiki/Zero-sum_game" title="Zero-sum game">zero-sum game</a>, as "discrimination in favor of X is automatic discrimination against Y"; Asians in California, for example, were overrepresented in engineering schools and would suffer if black and Mexican applicants received preferential treatment. He stated that a quota system violated "the American creed, one that Yale has proudly espoused ... that an American should be judged as an individual and not as a member of a group".<a href="#cite_note-Fleming_1970-143">[142]</a> In 2006, Jian Li, a <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people" title="Chinese people">Chinese</a> undergraduate at <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a>, filed a <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a> complaint with the <a href="/wiki/Office_for_Civil_Rights" title="Office for Civil Rights">Office for Civil Rights</a> against <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>, claiming that his race played a role in their decision to reject his application for admission and seeking the suspension of federal financial assistance to the university until it "discontinues discrimination against Asian Americans in all forms" by eliminating race and legacy preferences. Princeton Dean of Admissions Janet Rapelye responded to the claims in the November 30, 2006, issue of the Daily Princetonian by stating that "the numbers don't indicate [discrimination]." She said that Li was not admitted because "many others had far better qualifications." Li's extracurricular activities were described as "not all that outstanding".<a href="#cite_note-156">[155]</a> Li countered in an email, saying that his placement on the waitlist undermines Rapelye's claim. "Princeton had initially waitlisted my application," Li said. "So if it were not for a yield which was higher than expected, the admissions office very well may have admitted a candidate whose "outside activities were not all that outstanding".<a href="#cite_note-157">[156]</a> In September 2015, the Department of Justice concluded its nine-year investigation into alleged anti-Asian bias at Princeton and cleared Princeton of charges that it discriminated against Asian American applicants.<a href="#cite_note-158">[157]</a> Furthermore, the department found that a number of Asian American students benefitted from race-conscious admissions.<a href="#cite_note-159">[158]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Students_for_Fair_Admissions_Rally.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A protest in Boston's Copley Square on October 14, 2018, to support the lawsuit from Students for Fair Admissions against Harvard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_Rally.jpg/220px-Students_for_Fair_Admissions_Rally.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_Rally.jpg/330px-Students_for_Fair_Admissions_Rally.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_Rally.jpg/440px-Students_for_Fair_Admissions_Rally.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3579" data-file-height="3120" /></a><figcaption>A protest in Boston's <a href="/wiki/Copley_Square" title="Copley Square">Copley Square</a> on October 14, 2018, to support the lawsuit from Students for Fair Admissions against Harvard</figcaption></figure> In 2012, Abigail Fisher, an undergraduate student at <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a>, and Rachel Multer Michalewicz, a law student at <a href="/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University" title="Southern Methodist University">Southern Methodist University</a>, filed a lawsuit to challenge the University of Texas admissions policy, asserting it had a "race-conscious policy" that "violated their civil and constitutional rights".<a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Texan-160">[159]</a> The University of Texas employs the "Top Ten Percent Law", under which admission to any public college or university in Texas is guaranteed to high school students who graduate in the top ten percent of their high school class.<a href="#cite_note-Barr_2005-161">[160]</a> Fisher has brought the admissions policy to court because she believes that she was denied acceptance to the University of Texas based on her race, and thus, her right to equal protection according to the 14th Amendment was violated.<a href="#cite_note-162">[161]</a> The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Fisher on October 10, 2012, and rendered an ambiguous ruling in 2013 that sent the case back to the lower court, stipulating only that the university must demonstrate that it could not achieve diversity through other, non-race sensitive means. In July 2014, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concluded that UT maintained a "holistic" approach in its application of affirmative action, and could continue the practice. On February 10, 2015, lawyers for Fisher filed a new case in the Supreme Court. It is a renewed complaint that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit got the issue wrong—on the second try as well as on the first.<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a> The Supreme Court agreed in June 2015 to hear the case a second time. In July 2016 a majority of the Court found in favor of the University of Texas at Austin, with Justice Kennedy finding for the Court that the university's affirmative action policies were constitutional, despite the requirement of strict scrutiny. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Students_for_Fair_Admissions">Students for Fair Admissions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Students for Fair Admissions">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._Harvard" title="Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard">Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard</a></div> On November 17, 2014, Students for Fair Admissions, an offshoot of the Project on Fair Representation, filed lawsuits in federal district court challenging the admissions practices of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The UNC-Chapel Hill lawsuit alleges discrimination against white and Asian students, while the Harvard lawsuit focuses on discrimination against Asian applicants. Both universities requested the court to halt the lawsuits until the U.S. Supreme Court provides clarification of relevant law by ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin for the second time.<a href="#cite_note-Feingold_2019-164">[163]</a> In May 2015, a coalition of more than 60 Asian-American organizations filed <a href="/wiki/2015_Federal_Complaints_Against_Harvard_University%27s_Alleged_Discriminatory_Admission_Practice" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Federal Complaints Against Harvard University's Alleged Discriminatory Admission Practice">federal complaints</a> with the Education and Justice Departments against Harvard University. The coalition asked for a civil rights investigation into what they described as Harvard's discriminatory admission practices against Asian-American applicants.<a href="#cite_note-Piper_May_2015-165">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-Lorin_May_2015-166">[165]</a><a href="#cite_note-167">[166]</a> The complaint asserts that recent studies indicate that Harvard has engaged in systematic and continuous discrimination against Asian Americans in its "holistic" admissions process. Asian-American applicants with near-perfect test scores, top-one-percent grade point averages, academic awards, and leadership positions are allegedly rejected by Harvard because the university uses racial stereotypes, racially differentiated standards, and de facto racial quotas.<a href="#cite_note-Asian-American_Coalition's_Complaint-168">[167]</a> Harvard denies engaging in discrimination and said its admissions philosophy complies with the law. The school said the percentage of Asian-American students admitted has grown from 17% to 21% in a decade while Asian-Americans represent around 6% of the U.S. population.<a href="#cite_note-Carapezza_May_2015-169">[168]</a> The lawsuit against Harvard was heard in Boston federal court in October 2018. On October 1, 2019, Judge <a href="/wiki/Allison_D._Burroughs" title="Allison D. Burroughs">Allison D. Burroughs</a> rejected the plaintiffs' claims, ruling that Harvard's admissions practices meet constitutional requirements and do not discriminate against Asian Americans.<a href="#cite_note-Hartocollis_Jun_2015-170">[169]</a> SFFA filed an appeal in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_First_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit">First Circuit Court of Appeals</a>, which sided with the university.<a href="#cite_note-Gamson_p373-33">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-Korn_Aug_2020-171">[170]</a> In June 2023, on further appeal, a majority of the Supreme Court actually found in favor of SFFA, ruling that the practice was unconstitutional and that when favoring black and Hispanic applicants the university did disadvantage Asian applicants in the admissions process as the process was a "zero sum" game where the granting of preferences to some minorities due to their race necessarily disadvantaged others because of their race. In August 2020, the US Department of Justice notified Yale University of its findings that Yale illegally discriminates against Asian American and white applicants and demanded Yale cease using race or national origin in its upcoming 2020–2021 undergraduate admissions cycles.<a href="#cite_note-Department_of_Justice_2020-172">[171]</a> Yale has issued a statement viewing the allegation as "baseless" and "rushed" and "will not change its admissions processes in response to today's letter because the DOJ is seeking to impose a standard that is inconsistent with existing law".<a href="#cite_note-Office_of_the_President_2020-173">[172]</a> Numerous myths and misperceptions regarding affirmative actions shape public opinion on the issue.<a href="#cite_note-174">[173]</a> These misperceptions often shape public opinion on specific cases as well. For example, in Students for Fair Admissions, the conflation of two separate issues—Harvard University's affirmative action policy and specific claims of discrimination by Harvard University – colors some people's judgements on affirmative action as a whole.<a href="#cite_note-Feingold_2019-164">[163]</a> Such conflation allows "longstanding myths about affirmative action and socially salient racial stereotypes concerning who does, and does not, belong in elite institutions of higher education" to prosper.<a href="#cite_note-Feingold_2019-164">[163]</a> Hence, it is often difficult for public opinion polls on cases, let alone the general issue of affirmative action, to be unaffected by such myths. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Racial_quotas_in_college_admissions">Racial quotas in college admissions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Racial quotas in college admissions">edit</a>]</div> The use of affirmative action in higher education has been debated countless of times during college admissions seasons, especially due to the mismatch effect. Though it creates opportunities for people of color and for people of minority groups to access higher education, many public universities, have been attacked for depending on racial quotas, implemented through affirmative action policies, to reach diversity goals. This has prompted for high-profile lawsuits and Supreme Court rulings based on arguments of <a href="/wiki/Reverse_racism" title="Reverse racism">reverse racism or discrimination</a> that prevents admissions to "more qualified" white students to take place.<a href="#cite_note-175">[174]</a> Consequently, these cases have constantly reshaped the view on affirmative action policies by referring to it, in its original sense, a race-conscious policy, which ultimately obliges the inclusion of people of minority groups in higher education.<a href="#cite_note-176">[175]</a> Most importantly, it has questioned whether or not affirmative action is effective in achieving numerical goals while avoiding preferential treatment, where many[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">who?</a>] have deemed it a form of "reverse discrimination."<a href="#cite_note-Schaefer_2008-177">[176]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bakke_v._Regents_of_the_University_of_California">Bakke v. Regents of the University of California</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Bakke v. Regents of the University of California">edit</a>]</div> In 1974, the California Supreme Court ruled that UC Davis violated the <a href="/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause" title="Equal Protection Clause">Equal Protection Clause</a> and the Civil Rights Act because they were relying on <a href="/wiki/Racial_quota" title="Racial quota">racial quotas</a> heavily.<a href="#cite_note-Museum_of_Law_2018-178">[177]</a> Allen Bakke was a thirty-five-year-old man who applied to UC Davis medical school in two consecutive years, but was rejected both times.<a href="#cite_note-Museum_of_Law_2018-178">[177]</a> This was because UC Davis had a special admission affirmative action program that reserved 16 spots for minority students, out of 100 admission slots, which Bakke argued was the reason he was rejected twice from the medical program despite having a high GPA and MCAT score.<a href="#cite_note-Museum_of_Law_2018-178">[177]</a> In this special program, mostly run by members from minority groups, applicants who were considered disadvantaged did not have to meet the 2.5 grade point average minimum that the general admissions program implemented, and were only rated against other applicants from minority groups.<a href="#cite_note-Justia_Bakke-179">[178]</a> Since UC Davis was not able to prove that Bakke wouldn't have been admitted even if the special admission programs didn't exist, it was concluded that he was being discriminated by the color of his skin and was not being treated equally due to the racial quota.<a href="#cite_note-Justia_Bakke-179">[178]</a> Thus, Bakke was admitted to the school, as 8 out of 9 judges declared that the heavy reliance on the racial quota violated the Equal Protection Clause on the <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Fourteenth Amendment.</a><a href="#cite_note-Oyez_Bakke-180">[179]</a> This ruling, however, did not prohibit the use of race as a factor in college admissions decisions,<a href="#cite_note-Oyez_Bakke-180">[179]</a> it only prohibited its use for non-competitive admissions that favored a small demographic of minority group students.<a href="#cite_note-Schaefer_2008-177">[176]</a> "Diversity" now became a factor in constitutional law, as the Court ruled it was allowable to consider race as a plus factor when trying to foster "diversity" in their classes.<a href="#cite_note-181">[180]</a><a href="#cite_note-182">[181]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_opinion_regarding_affirmative_action">Public opinion regarding affirmative action</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Public opinion regarding affirmative action">edit</a>]</div> Public opinion polls on affirmative action have varied significantly. It is likely that survey design, the framing of the survey question itself, and other factors may have significant effects on the survey results. The following polls only discuss affirmative action in higher education. In general, "affirmative action" is supported by the general public, but "considerations based on race" are opposed. In a survey conducted by Gallup in 2013,<a href="#cite_note-183">[182]</a> 67% of U.S. adults believed college admission should be solely based on merit. According to Gallup: "One of the clearest examples of affirmative action in practice is colleges' taking into account a person's racial or ethnic background when deciding which applicants will be admitted. Americans seem reluctant to endorse such a practice, and even blacks, who have historically been helped by such programs, are divided on the matter. Aside from African Americans, a majority of all other major subgroups believe colleges should determine admissions solely on merit." In a national survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2014, among 3,335 Americans, 63% felt that affirmative action programs designed to increase the number of African American and minority students on college campuses are a good thing.<a href="#cite_note-184">[183]</a> In February 2019, Gallup published the results of a November and December 2018 survey and found that support for affirmative action programs was growing.<a href="#cite_note-185">[184]</a> They polled 6,502 Americans. Of survey respondents, 65% favored affirmative action programs for women and 61% favored affirmative action programs for minorities. Also in February 2019, the Pew Research Center published the results of a January and February 2019 survey and found that 73% of its respondents said that race or ethnicity should not be a factor in college admissions decisions.<a href="#cite_note-186">[185]</a> According to this survey's results, majorities across racial and ethnic groups agree that race should not be a factor in college admissions decisions. White adults are particularly likely to hold this view: 78% say this, compared with 65% of Hispanics, 62% of African Americans, and 58% of Asians. A few years later similar results were repeated. In 2022, a Pew Research Center poll found that 74% of Americans believe race or ethnicity should not factor into college admissions decisions.<a href="#cite_note-187">[186]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Affirmative_action" title="Affirmative action">Affirmative action</a>, global perspective</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Affirmative_action_bake_sale" title="Affirmative action bake sale">Affirmative action bake sale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Color_blindness_(race)" class="mw-redirect" title="Color blindness (race)">Color blindness (race)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diversity,_equity,_and_inclusion" title="Diversity, equity, and inclusion">Diversity, equity, and inclusion</a>, called "DEI"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Commission" title="Equal Employment Opportunity Commission">Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Race_and_inequality_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Race and inequality in the United States">Race and inequality in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redistributive_change" title="Redistributive change">Redistributive change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symbolic_racism" title="Symbolic racism">Symbolic racism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Commission_on_Civil_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Commission on Civil Rights">U.S. Commission on Civil Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_backlash" title="White backlash">White backlash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_privilege" title="White privilege">White privilege</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-26"><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a> Regents was subsequently affirmed in <a href="/wiki/Gratz_v._Bollinger" title="Gratz v. 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Anderson">Anderson, Elizabeth S.</a> (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nyulawreview.org/issues/volume-77-number-5/integration-affirmative-action-and-strict-scrutiny">"Integration, affirmative action, and strict scrutiny"</a>. <a href="/wiki/New_York_University_Law_Review" title="New York University Law Review">NYU Law Review</a>. 77: 1195–271.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NYU+Law+Review&rft.atitle=Integration%2C+affirmative+action%2C+and+strict+scrutiny&rft.volume=77&rft.pages=1195-271&rft.date=2002&rft.aulast=Anderson&rft.aufirst=Elizabeth+S.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyulawreview.org%2Fissues%2Fvolume-77-number-5%2Fintegration-affirmative-action-and-strict-scrutiny&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAffirmative+action+in+the+United+States" class="Z3988"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131822/http://www.nyulawreview.org/sites/default/files/pdf/NYULawReview-77-5-Anderson.pdf">Pdf.</a></li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAnderson2004" class="citation book cs1">Anderson, Terry H. (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/pursuitoffairnes00ande">The pursuit of fairness: a history of affirmative action</a>. New York: Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780195157642" title="Special:BookSources/9780195157642"><bdi>9780195157642</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+pursuit+of+fairness%3A+a+history+of+affirmative+action&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=9780195157642&rft.aulast=Anderson&rft.aufirst=Terry+H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fpursuitoffairnes00ande&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAffirmative+action+in+the+United+States" class="Z3988">, a standard scholarly history.</li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBolick2008" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Clint_Bolick" title="Clint Bolick">Bolick, Clint</a> (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yxNgXs3TkJYC">"Affirmative Action"</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Hamowy" title="Ronald Hamowy">Hamowy, Ronald</a> (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. Thousand Oaks, CA: <a href="/wiki/SAGE_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="SAGE Publishing">SAGE</a>; <a href="/wiki/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a>. pp. 6–8. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.4135%2F9781412965811.n5">10.4135/9781412965811.n5</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4129-6580-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4129-6580-4"><bdi>978-1-4129-6580-4</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008009151">2008009151</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/750831024">750831024</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Affirmative+Action&rft.btitle=The+Encyclopedia+of+Libertarianism&rft.place=Thousand+Oaks%2C+CA&rft.pages=6-8&rft.pub=SAGE%3B+Cato+Institute&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F750831024&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F2008009151&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.4135%2F9781412965811.n5&rft.isbn=978-1-4129-6580-4&rft.aulast=Bolick&rft.aufirst=Clint&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DyxNgXs3TkJYC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAffirmative+action+in+the+United+States" class="Z3988">, a negative assessment from the right.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">Condit, Deirdre M.; Condit, Celeste M.; Achter, Paul J. (Spring 2001). "Human equality, affirmative action, and genetic models of human variation". Rhetoric & Public Affairs. 4 (1): 85–108. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1353%2Frap.2001.0003">10.1353/rap.2001.0003</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41939651">41939651</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144851327">144851327</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Rhetoric+%26+Public+Affairs&rft.atitle=Human+equality%2C+affirmative+action%2C+and+genetic+models+of+human+variation&rft.ssn=spring&rft.volume=4&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=85-108&rft.date=2001&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A144851327%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F41939651%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1353%2Frap.2001.0003&rft.aulast=Condit&rft.aufirst=Deirdre+M.&rft.au=Condit%2C+Celeste+M.&rft.au=Achter%2C+Paul+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAffirmative+action+in+the+United+States" class="Z3988"></li> <li>Dobbin, Frank. Inventing equal opportunity (Princeton UP, 2009), scholarly history argues that Congress and the courts followed the lead of programs created by corporations.</li> <li>Featherman, David L. et al. eds. The next twenty-five years: affirmative action in higher education in the United States and South Africa (U of Michigan Press, 2010).</li></ul> <ul><li>Gillon, Steven M. "The strange career of affirmative action: the Civil Rights Act of 1964" in his "That's Not What We Meant to Do": Reform and Its Unintended Consequences in Twentieth-Century America (WW Norton, 2000) pp. 120-162.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGolland2008" class="citation thesis cs1">Golland, David Hamilton (2008). Constructing affirmative action: federal contract compliance and the building construction trades, 1956–1973 (PhD thesis). <a href="/wiki/City_University_of_New_York" title="City University of New York">City University of New York</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/279305174">279305174</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=Constructing+affirmative+action%3A+federal+contract+compliance+and+the+building+construction+trades%2C+1956%E2%80%931973&rft.degree=PhD&rft.inst=City+University+of+New+York&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F279305174&rft.aulast=Golland&rft.aufirst=David+Hamilton&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAffirmative+action+in+the+United+States" class="Z3988"> Order No. DA3325474.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">Harpalani, Vinay (November 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/jcl/vol15/iss2/3/">"Diversity within racial groups and the constitutionality of race-conscious admissions"</a>. <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania_Journal_of_Constitutional_Law" title="University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law">University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law</a>. 15 (2): 463–537.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=University+of+Pennsylvania+Journal+of+Constitutional+Law&rft.atitle=Diversity+within+racial+groups+and+the+constitutionality+of+race-conscious+admissions&rft.volume=15&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=463-537&rft.date=2012-11&rft.aulast=Harpalani&rft.aufirst=Vinay&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fscholarship.law.upenn.edu%2Fjcl%2Fvol15%2Fiss2%2F3%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAffirmative+action+in+the+United+States" class="Z3988"></li> <li>Harper, Shannon, and Barbara Reskin. "Affirmative action at school and on the job." Annual Review of Sociology . 31 (2005): 357-379. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.archive.org/work/5cntzwetj5ahvmm3s6ko2u4cwu/access/wayback/http://www.uiowa.edu/~c07b154/harper_and_reskin.pdf">online</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Harrison, David A., et al. "Understanding attitudes toward affirmative action programs in employment: Summary and meta-analysis of 35 years of research." Journal of Applied Psychology 91#5 (2006): 1013+ <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://davemmayer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/07/Harrison-Kravitz-Mayer-Leslie-Lev-Arey-JAP-2006.pdf">online</a>.</li> <li>Holzer, Harry, and David Neumark. "Assessing affirmative action." Journal of Economic Literature 38.3 (2000): 483-568; summary of 200 studies on the actual effects. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w7323/w7323.pdf">online</a></li> <li>Hubbard, Gary William. "Affirmative Action: The Law and Politics of Equality" (PhD dissertation, The University of Nebraska - Lincoln; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1978. 7910502)</li> <li>Katznelson, Ira. When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America (W. W. Norton, 2006)</li> <li>Lee, Jennifer. "Asian Americans, affirmative action & the rise in Anti-Asian hate." Daedalus 150.2 (2021): 180-198. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://direct.mit.edu/daed/article-pdf/150/2/180/2060451/daed_a_01854.pdf">online</a></li> <li>Menand, Louis. "The changing meaning of affirmative action." The New Yorker 306 (2020): 339+ <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cf.linnbenton.edu/artcom/social_science/clarkd/upload/Menand%20on%20%20AFFIRMATIVE%20ACTION.pdf">online</a>.</li> <li>Monea, Nino. "Next on the Chopping Block: The Litigation Campaign against Race-Conscious Policies Beyond Affirmative Action in University Admissions." (SSRN 4440549, 2023) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/6gznx/download">online</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Pierce, Jennifer. Racing for innocence: Whiteness, gender, and the backlash against affirmative action (Stanford University Press, 2012).<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TvyGv9JbRs0C&dq=Affirmative&pg=PR7">online</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Portocarrero, Sandra, and James T. Carter. "Diversity initiatives in the US workplace: A brief history, their intended and unintended consequences." Sociology Compass 16.7 (2022): e13001. <a href="//doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13001" class="extiw" title="doi:10.1111/soc4.13001">doi:10.1111/soc4.13001</a></li> <li>Rubio, Philip F. A history of affirmative action, 1619-2000 (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2009), a major scholarly history. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wCl_aXzDjZAC&dq=Rubio,+Philip+F.+A+history+of+affirmative+action&pg=PR9">online</a></li> <li>Schwarzschild, Maimon and Heriot, Gail L. "Race Preferences, Diversity, and Students for Fair Admissions: A New Day, a New Clarity" (January 16, 2024). SMU Law Review, Forthcoming (2024), San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 24-003, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=4696900">online</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Smithsimon, Gregory. Liberty Road: Black Middle-Class Suburbs and the Battle Between Civil Rights and Neoliberalism (NYU Press, 2022) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-pxcEAAAQBAJ&dq=affirmative+action&pg=PA1">online</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">Staff writer (Spring 1998). "Affirmative action wins a major victory in the U.S. Senate". <a href="/wiki/The_Journal_of_Blacks_in_Higher_Education" title="The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education">The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education</a>. 19 (19): 12–13. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2998878">10.2307/2998878</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2998878">2998878</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+Blacks+in+Higher+Education&rft.atitle=Affirmative+action+wins+a+major+victory+in+the+U.S.+Senate&rft.ssn=spring&rft.volume=19&rft.issue=19&rft.pages=12-13&rft.date=1998&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F2998878&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F2998878%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.au=Staff+writer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAffirmative+action+in+the+United+States" class="Z3988"></li> <li>Thurber, Timothy M. "Racial Liberalism, Affirmative Action, and the Troubled History of the President's Committee on Government Contracts." Journal of Policy History 18.4 (2006): 446-476.</li></ul> <ul><li>Urofsky, Melvin I. The Affirmative Action Puzzle: A Living History From Reconstruction to Today (2020); <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kIiVDwAAQBAJ&dq=Affirmative+action+history&pg=PR9">online book</a>; also see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/books/review/the-affirmative-action-puzzle-melvin-i-urofsky.html">New York Times book review</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Weiss, Robert John. "We want jobs: a history of affirmative action" (PhD dissertation, New York University; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1985. 8604096).</li> <li>Weiss, Robert J. "Affirmative Action: A Brief History" Journal of intergroup relations (1987), 15#2 p.40-53; ISSN: 0047-2492</li></ul> <ul><li>Zamani-Gallaher, Eboni M. The case for affirmative action on campus: Concepts of equity, considerations for practice (Stylus Publishing, 2009), with timeline. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=59G9oHJMhh0C&dq=affirmative+action&pg=PR7">online</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_sources">Primary sources</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Primary sources">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Robinson, Jo Ann, ed. Affirmative action : a documentary history (2001)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal">Legal</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Legal">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aera.net/Portals/38/docs/Education_Research_and_Research_Policy/11-345%20bsac%20American%20Educational%20Research%20Association%20et%20al.pdf">Abigail Noel Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (Case 11-345): Brief of the American Educational Research Association et al. as amici curiae in support of respondents</a> (PDF). The Supreme Court of the United States.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Abigail+Noel+Fisher+v.+University+of+Texas+at+Austin+%28Case+11-345%29%3A+Brief+of+the+American+Educational+Research+Association+et+al.+as+amici+curiae+in+support+of+respondents&rft.pub=The+Supreme+Court+of+the+United+States&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aera.net%2FPortals%2F38%2Fdocs%2FEducation_Research_and_Research_Policy%2F11-345%2520bsac%2520American%2520Educational%2520Research%2520Association%2520et%2520al.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAffirmative+action+in+the+United+States" class="Z3988"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~eandersn/biblio.htm">"Race, Gender, and Affirmative Action: Resource Page for Teaching and Study (2008)</a>, annotated bibliography and teaching guide from U of Michigan.</li></ul> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2024/dei-history-affirmative-action-timeline/?utm_campaign=wp_about_us&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_aboutus&itid=hp_latest-headlines_p001_f011&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3d386aa%2F66069f5916b9940d7a92716f%2F596b40329bbc0f403f8de828%2F23%2F64%2F66069f5916b9940d7a92716f">"Affirmative action is under attack. 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href="/wiki/DeFunis_v._Odegaard" title="DeFunis v. Odegaard">DeFunis v. Odegaard</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_California_v._Bakke" title="Regents of the University of California v. Bakke">Regents of the University of California v. Bakke</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Fordice" title="United States v. Fordice">United States v. Fordice</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopwood_v._Texas" title="Hopwood v. Texas">Hopwood v. Texas</a> (5th Cir. 1996)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Texas_v._Lesage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Texas v. Lesage (page does not exist)">Texas v. Lesage</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gratz_v._Bollinger" title="Gratz v. Bollinger">Gratz v. Bollinger</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grutter_v._Bollinger" title="Grutter v. Bollinger">Grutter v. Bollinger</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doe_v._Kamehameha_Schools/Bernice_Pauahi_Bishop_Estate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate (page does not exist)">Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate</a> (9th Cir. 2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parents_Involved_in_Community_Schools_v._Seattle_School_District_No._1" title="Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1">Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2013)" title="Fisher v. University of Texas (2013)">Fisher v. University of Texas I</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schuette_v._Coalition_to_Defend_Affirmative_Action" class="mw-redirect" title="Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action">Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2016)" title="Fisher v. University of Texas (2016)">Fisher v. University of Texas II</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coalition_for_TJ_v._Fairfax_County_School_Board" title="Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board">Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board</a> (4th Cir. 2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._Harvard" title="Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard">Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Employment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Griggs_v._Duke_Power_Co." title="Griggs v. Duke Power Co.">Griggs v. Duke Power Co.</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton_v._Mancari" title="Morton v. Mancari">Morton v. Mancari</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schlesinger_v._Ballard" title="Schlesinger v. Ballard">Schlesinger v. Ballard</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazelwood_School_District_v._United_States" title="Hazelwood School District v. United States">Hazelwood School District v. United States</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers_v._Weber" title="United Steelworkers v. Weber">United Steelworkers v. Weber</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Firefighters_v._Stotts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Firefighters v. Stotts (page does not exist)">Firefighters v. Stotts</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wygant_v._Jackson_Board_of_Education" title="Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education">Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_Metal_Workers_v._EEOC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sheet Metal Workers v. EEOC (page does not exist)">Sheet Metal Workers v. EEOC</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Firefighters_v._City_of_Cleveland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Firefighters v. City of Cleveland (page does not exist)">Firefighters v. City of Cleveland</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_v._Paradise&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States v. Paradise (page does not exist)">United States v. Paradise</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_v._Transportation_Agency" title="Johnson v. Transportation Agency">Johnson v. Transportation Agency</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wards_Cove_Packing_Co._v._Atonio" title="Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio">Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piscataway_School_Board_v._Taxman" title="Piscataway School Board v. Taxman">Piscataway School Board v. Taxman</a> (3d Cir. 1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricci_v._DeStefano" title="Ricci v. DeStefano">Ricci v. DeStefano</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlton-Perkins_v._University_of_Cincinnati&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charlton-Perkins v. University of Cincinnati (page does not exist)">Charlton-Perkins v. University of Cincinnati</a> (6th Cir. 2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Grants, Contracting, and Set-Asides</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kahn_v._Shevin" title="Kahn v. Shevin">Kahn v. Shevin</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Califano_v._Webster" title="Califano v. Webster">Califano v. Webster</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fullilove_v._Klutznick" title="Fullilove v. Klutznick">Fullilove v. Klutznick</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Richmond_v._J.A._Croson_Co." title="City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co.">City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co.</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metro_Broadcasting,_Inc._v._FCC" title="Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC">Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamprecht_v._FCC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lamprecht v. FCC (page does not exist)">Lamprecht v. FCC</a> (D.C. Cir. 1992)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_Fla._Chapter,_Associated_Gen._Contractors_of_America_v._City_of_Jacksonville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northeastern Fla. Chapter, Associated Gen. Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville (page does not exist)">Northeastern Fla. Chapter, Associated Gen. Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adarand_Constructors,_Inc._v._Pe%C3%B1a" title="Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña">Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adarand_Constructors,_Inc._v._Slater&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Slater (page does not exist)">Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Slater</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adarand_Constructors,_Inc._v._Mineta" class="mw-redirect" title="Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Mineta">Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Mineta</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vitolo_v._Guzman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vitolo v. Guzman (page does not exist)">Vitolo v. Guzman</a> (6th Cir. 2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Federal <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress" title="Act of Congress">legislation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Executive_order" title="Executive order">edicts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Section 1981 of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866" title="Civil Rights Act of 1866">Civil Rights Act of 1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause" title="Equal Protection Clause">Equal Protection Clause</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Fourteenth Amendment</a> (1868)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_10925" title="Executive Order 10925">Executive Order 10925</a> (1961)</li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Initiative_200" title="Initiative 200">Initiative 200</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">WA</a>, 1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Civil_Rights_Initiative" title="Michigan Civil Rights Initiative">Proposal 2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">MI</a>, 2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Amendment_46" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado Amendment 46">Amendment 46</a> (<a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">CO</a>, 2008, failed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Initiative_424" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebraska Initiative 424">Initiative 424</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">NE</a>, 2008)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arizona_Proposition_107_(2010)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arizona Proposition 107 (2010) (page does not exist)">Proposition 107</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">AZ</a>, 2010)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Question_759&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Question 759 (page does not exist)">State Question 759</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">OK</a>, 2012)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Referendum_88&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Referendum 88 (page does not exist)">Referendum 88</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">WA</a>, 2019, failed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_California_Proposition_16" title="2020 California Proposition 16">Proposition 16</a> (<a href="/wiki/California" title="California">CA</a>, 2020, failed)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Arcidiacono" title="Peter Arcidiacono">Peter Arcidiacono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Blum_(litigant)" title="Edward Blum (litigant)">Edward Blum</a></li> <li><a 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title="History of the United States (1917–1945)">1917–1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1945%E2%80%931964)" title="History of the United States (1945–1964)">1945–1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1964%E2%80%931980)" title="History of the United States (1964–1980)">1964–1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1980%E2%80%931991)" title="History of the United States (1980–1991)">1980–1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1991%E2%80%932008)" title="History of the United States (1991–2008)">1991–2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(2008%E2%80%93present)" title="History of the United States (2008–present)">2008–present</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By event</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pre-Columbian_era" title="Pre-Columbian era">Pre-colonial era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_history_of_the_United_States" title="Colonial history of the United States">Colonial era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stamp_Act_Congress" title="Stamp Act Congress">Stamp Act Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">Thirteen Colonies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Association" title="Continental Association">Continental Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Colonies" title="United Colonies">United Colonies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_American_military_history" title="Colonial American military history">military history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States" title="Founding Fathers of the United States">Founding Fathers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Resolves" title="Halifax Resolves">Halifax Resolves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Resolution" title="Lee Resolution">Lee Resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)" title="Treaty of Paris (1783)">Treaty of Paris</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation" title="Articles of Confederation">Articles of Confederation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Union" title="Perpetual Union">Perpetual Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confederation_period" title="Confederation period">Confederation period</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_frontier" title="American frontier">American frontier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">Constitution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_drafting_and_ratification_of_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution">drafting and ratification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights" title="United States Bill of Rights">Bill of Rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Era" title="Federalist Era">Federalist Era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_the_United_States" title="Territorial evolution of the United States">Territorial evolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Indian_Wars" title="American Indian Wars">Indian Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_genocide_in_the_United_States" title="Native American genocide in the United States">Native genocide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilded_Age" title="Gilded Age">Gilded Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Era" title="Progressive Era">Progressive Era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_States" title="Women's suffrage in the United States">Women's suffrage</a></li> <li>Civil rights movement <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement_(1865%E2%80%931896)" title="Civil rights movement (1865–1896)">1865–1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement_(1896%E2%80%931954)" title="Civil rights movement (1896–1954)">1896–1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">1954–1968</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_imperialism" title="American imperialism">Imperialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_in_World_War_I" title="United States in World War I">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roaring_Twenties" title="Roaring Twenties">Roaring Twenties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">World War II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_home_front_during_World_War_II" title="United States home front during World War II">home front</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Century" title="American Century">American Century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Race" title="Space Race">Space Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second-wave_feminism" title="Second-wave feminism">Feminist Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gay_liberation" title="Gay liberation">LGBT Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1991%E2%80%932008)" title="History of the United States (1991–2008)">Post-Cold War (1991–2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_on_terror" title="War on terror">War on Terror</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Recession_in_the_United_States" title="Great Recession in the United States">Great Recession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_the_history_of_the_United_States" title="Outline of the history of the United States">Outline of U.S. history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographic_history_of_the_United_States" title="Demographic history of the United States">Demographic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_discoveries" title="Timeline of United States discoveries">Discoveries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_United_States" title="Economic history of the United States">Economic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_inventions" title="Timeline of United States inventions">Inventions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States" title="Military history of the United States">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_United_States" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the United States">Postal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technological_and_industrial_history_of_the_United_States" title="Technological and industrial history of the United States">Technological and industrial</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_States" title="Geography of the United States">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U.S._territorial_sovereignty" title="U.S. territorial sovereignty">Territory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States" title="Contiguous United States">Contiguous United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">federal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_enclave" title="Federal enclave">federal enclaves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">insular zones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Minor_Outlying_Islands" title="United States Minor Outlying Islands">minor outlying islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_populated_places_in_the_United_States" title="Lists of populated places in the United States">populated places</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">states</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_the_United_States" title="List of earthquakes in the United States">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_the_United_States" title="List of extreme points of the United States">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_United_States" title="List of islands of the United States">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_of_the_United_States" title="List of mountains of the United States">Mountains</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_the_United_States" title="List of mountain peaks of the United States">peaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_ranges#United_States" title="List of mountain ranges">ranges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada" title="Sierra Nevada">Sierra Nevada</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_areas_in_the_United_States_National_Park_System" title="List of areas in the United States National Park System">National Parks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">East Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">West Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Plains" title="Great Plains">Great Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="Gulf Coast of the United States">Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwestern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_United_States" title="Central United States">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_United_States" title="Eastern United States">Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_United_States" title="Northern United States">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">Northeastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_United_States" title="Northwestern United States">Northwestern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">Southeastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_United_States" title="Southwestern United States">Southwestern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_United_States" title="Western United States">Western</a></li></ul></li> <li>Longest <a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_the_United_States" title="List of rivers of the United States">rivers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_River" title="Arkansas River">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_River" title="Colorado River">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_River" title="Columbia River">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_River" title="Missouri River">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_of_the_South" title="Red River of the South">Red (South)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande" title="Rio Grande">Rio Grande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukon_River" title="Yukon River">Yukon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_in_the_United_States" title="Time in the United States">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_the_United_States" title="Water supply and sanitation in the United States">Water supply and sanitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_United_States" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the United States">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States" title="Politics of the United States">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">Federal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Executive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Powers_of_the_president_of_the_United_States" title="Powers of the president of the United States">powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Office_of_the_President_of_the_United_States" title="Executive Office of the President of the United States">Executive Office</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States" title="Cabinet of the United States">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_executive_departments" title="United States federal executive departments">Executive departments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_agencies_of_the_United_States_government" title="Independent agencies of the United States government">Independent agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community" title="United States Intelligence Community">Intelligence Community</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_National_Intelligence" title="Director of National Intelligence">Director of National Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office" title="National Reconnaissance Office">National Reconnaissance Office</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_law_enforcement_in_the_United_States" title="Federal law enforcement in the United States">Law enforcement</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco,_Firearms_and_Explosives" title="Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives">ATF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection" title="U.S. Customs and Border Protection">CBP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Diplomatic_Security" title="Bureau of Diplomatic Security">Diplomatic Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration">DEA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement" title="U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement">ICE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marshals_Service" title="United States Marshals Service">Marshals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service" title="United States Secret Service">Secret Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_Security_Administration" title="Transportation Security Administration">TSA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Inspector_General_(United_States)" title="Office of Inspector General (United States)">Inspector generals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_civil_service" title="United States federal civil service">Civil service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Public policy of the United States">Public policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Legislative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="List of current members of the United States House of Representatives">current members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_senators" title="List of current United States senators">current members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="President pro tempore of the United States Senate">President pro tempore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States#President_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Vice President of the United States">President</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Police" title="United States Capitol Police">Capitol Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Budget_Office" title="Congressional Budget Office">Congressional Budget Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office" title="Government Accountability Office">Government Accountability Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Government_Publishing_Office" title="United States Government Publishing Office">Government Publishing Office</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_judiciary_of_the_United_States" title="Federal judiciary of the United States">Judicial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States" title="Chief Justice of the United States">Chief Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States">Associate Justices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_courts_of_appeals" title="United States courts of appeals">Courts of appeals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_circuit_judges" title="List of current United States circuit judges">list of judges</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_district_court" title="United States district court">District courts</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_territorial_court" title="United States territorial court">Territorial courts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_district_and_territorial_courts" title="List of United States district and territorial courts">list of courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_district_judges" title="List of current United States district judges">list of judges</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_tribunals_in_the_United_States" title="Federal tribunals in the United States">Other tribunals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney">U.S. attorney</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_United_States" title="Law of the United States">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights" title="United States Bill of Rights">Bill of Rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_liberties_in_the_United_States" title="Civil liberties in the United States">civil liberties</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_Federal_Regulations" title="Code of Federal Regulations">Code of Federal Regulations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">Constitution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_the_United_States" title="Federalism in the United States">federalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_preemption" title="Federal preemption">preemption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_powers_under_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Separation of powers under the United States Constitution">separation of powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Uniformed services of the United States">Uniformed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">Armed Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">Space Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" title="National Guard (United States)">National Guard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOAA_Commissioned_Officer_Corps" title="NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps">NOAA Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps" title="United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps">Public Health Service Corps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_governments_of_the_United_States" title="State governments of the United States">State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Government of the District of Columbia">Federal District</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">Territorial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_constitutional_officer" title="State constitutional officer">Executive</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor_(United_States)" title="Governor (United States)">Governor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_governors" title="List of current United States governors">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_governor_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant governor (United States)">Lieutenant governor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_lieutenant_governors" title="List of current United States lieutenant governors">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_state_(U.S._state_government)" title="Secretary of state (U.S. state government)">Secretary of state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_attorney_general" title="State attorney general">Attorney general</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_treasurer" title="State treasurer">Treasurer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_auditor" title="State auditor">Auditor/Comptroller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_commissioner" title="Agriculture commissioner">Agriculture commissioner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurance_commissioner" title="Insurance commissioner">Insurance commissioner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_utilities_commission" title="Public utilities commission">Public utilities commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_police_(United_States)" title="State police (United States)">State police</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_and_local_law_enforcement_agencies" title="List of United States state and local law enforcement agencies">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_legislature_(United_States)" title="State legislature (United States)">Legislative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_legislatures" title="List of United States state legislatures">List of legislatures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_legislators" title="List of U.S. state legislators">List of legislators</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_court_(United_States)" title="State court (United States)">Judicial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_supreme_court" title="State supreme court">Supreme courts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_chief_justices" title="List of state chief justices">Chief justices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_attorney" title="District attorney">District attorney</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_district_attorneys_by_county" class="mw-redirect" title="List of district attorneys by county">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_law_(United_States)" title="State law (United States)">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_constitutions_in_the_United_States" title="State constitutions in the United States">State constitutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_statutory_codes" title="List of U.S. state statutory codes">Statutory codes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_act" title="Uniform act">Uniform act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_U.S._state_and_territory_governments" title="Comparison of U.S. state and territory governments">Comparison of governments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tribe_(Native_American)" title="Tribe (Native American)">Tribal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tribal_sovereignty_in_the_United_States" title="Tribal sovereignty in the United States">Tribal sovereignty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_recognition_in_the_United_States" title="Native American recognition in the United States">Native American recognition in the United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federally_recognized_tribes_in_the_contiguous_United_States" title="List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States">Federally recognized tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Alaska_Native_tribal_entities" title="List of Alaska Native tribal entities">Federally recognized Alaska Native tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State-recognized_tribes_in_the_United_States" title="State-recognized tribes in the United States">State-recognized tribes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_reservations_in_the_United_States" title="List of Indian reservations in the United States">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_home_land" title="Hawaiian home land">Hawaiian home land</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_States" title="Local government in the United States">Local</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_counties_and_county_equivalents" title="List of United States counties and county equivalents">List of counties and county equivalents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_executive" title="County executive">County executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheriffs_in_the_United_States" title="Sheriffs in the United States">Sheriff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_clerk" title="Municipal clerk">Clerk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_city-county" title="Consolidated city-county">Consolidated city-county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)" title="Independent city (United States)">Independent city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coterminous_municipality" title="Coterminous municipality">Coterminous municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_charter#United_States" title="Municipal charter">Charter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor%E2%80%93council_government" title="Mayor–council government">Mayor–council government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager_government" title="Council–manager government">Council–manager government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_commission_government" title="City commission government">City commission government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayoralty_in_the_United_States" title="Mayoralty in the United States">Mayor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_manager" title="City manager">City manager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_council#United_States" title="Municipal council">City council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Minor_civil_division" title="Minor civil division">Minor divisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_township" title="Civil township">Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_meeting" title="Town meeting">Town meeting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Special_district_(United_States)" title="Special district (United States)">Special district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">School district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_school_districts_in_the_United_States" title="Lists of school districts in the United States">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_the_United_States" title="Corruption in the United States">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_States" title="Elections in the United States">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" title="United States Electoral College">Electoral College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states" title="Red states and blue states">Red states and blue states</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign relations of the United States">Foreign relations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign policy of the United States">foreign policy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_presidency" title="Imperial presidency">Imperial presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_ideologies_in_the_United_States" title="Political ideologies in the United States">Ideologies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Americanism" title="Anti-Americanism">Anti-Americanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_exceptionalism" title="American exceptionalism">exceptionalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_nationalism" title="American nationalism">nationalism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_parties_in_the_United_States" title="Political parties in the United States">Parties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third parties</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scandals_in_the_United_States" title="List of federal political scandals in the United States">Scandals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States" title="Economy of the United States">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States_by_sector" title="Economy of the United States by sector">By sector</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_the_United_States" title="Agriculture in the United States">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_the_United_States" title="Banking in the United States">Banking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communications_in_the_United_States" title="Communications in the United States">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_the_United_States_by_state" title="List of companies of the United States by state">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States" title="Energy in the United States">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurance_in_the_United_States" title="Insurance in the United States">Insurance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manufacturing_in_the_United_States" title="Manufacturing in the United States">Manufacturing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mining_in_the_United_States" title="Mining in the United States">Mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_the_United_States" title="Science and technology in the United States">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_United_States" title="Tourism in the United States">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_trade_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign trade of the United States">Trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_the_United_States_by_state" title="List of companies of the United States by state">by state</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">Currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_exports_of_the_United_States" title="List of exports of the United States">Exports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_budget" title="United States federal budget">Federal budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_the_United_States" title="Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States">Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve" title="Federal Reserve">Federal Reserve System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Financial_position_of_the_United_States" title="Financial position of the United States">Financial position</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labor_unions_in_the_United_States" title="Labor unions in the United States">Labor unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_States" title="National debt of the United States">Public debt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_programs_in_the_United_States" title="Social programs in the United States">Social welfare programs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_States" title="Taxation in the United States">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unemployment_in_the_United_States" title="Unemployment in the United States">Unemployment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_Street" title="Wall Street">Wall Street</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Transport in the United States">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aviation_in_the_United_States" title="Aviation in the United States">Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Driving_in_the_United_States" title="Driving in the United States">Driving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_transportation_in_the_United_States" title="Public transportation in the United States">Public transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transportation_in_the_United_States" title="Rail transportation in the United States">Rail transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Transportation policy of the United States">Transportation policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_United_States" title="Transportation safety in the United States">Transportation safety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trucking_industry_in_the_United_States" title="Trucking industry in the United States">Trucking industry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Society of the United States">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_States" title="Culture of the United States">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Americana_(culture)" title="Americana (culture)">Americana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_in_the_United_States" title="Architecture in the United States">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States" title="Cinema of the United States">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States" title="Crime in the United States">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_cuisine" title="American cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance_in_the_United_States" title="Dance in the United States">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States" title="Demographics of the United States">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States" title="Economy of the United States">Economic issues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Affluence_in_the_United_States" title="Affluence in the United States">affluence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eviction_in_the_United_States" title="Eviction in the United States">eviction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeownership_in_the_United_States" title="Homeownership in the United States">homeownership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States" title="Household income in the United States">household income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States" title="Income inequality in the United States">income inequality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_middle_class" title="American middle class">middle class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_States" title="Personal income in the United States">personal income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States" title="Poverty in the United States">poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_of_living_in_the_United_States" title="Standard of living in the United States">standard of living</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Affluence_in_the_United_States" title="Affluence in the United States">wealth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Working_class_in_the_United_States" title="Working class in the United States">working class</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States" title="Education in the United States">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_United_States" title="Educational attainment in the United States">attainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States" title="Literacy in the United States">literacy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_in_the_United_States" title="Family in the United States">Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fashion_in_the_United_States" title="Fashion in the United States">Fashion</a></li> <li><a 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