New Racial Discrimination Laws In The Hong Kong Workplace.
It may seem odd that Hong Kong : Asia's business hub a diverse modern metropolis and a city of live has no remedy for individuals experiencing private racial discrimination. Ethnic minorities form 5% of the population in Hong Kong and those who face racial discrimination whether in employment, housing,...

Racial inequality in employment in Canada: Empirical analysis and emerging trends.
Racial diversity in Canada's population and workforce continues to increase. Census data show that the visible minority population has almost tripled within two decades. It grew from 4.7 per cent in 1981 to 13.4 per cent in 2001. Similarly, the proportion of visible minorities in the total labour force...

Are reports of discrimination valid? Considering the moral hazard effect.
ABSTRACT. Antidiscrimination laws ate designed to prompt employers to stop excluding black workers from jobs they offer and from treating them unequally with respect to promotion and salaries once on the job. However, a moral hazard effect can arise if the existence of the laws leads black employees to...

Affirmative action and after: now is the time to reconsider a policy that must eventually change. But simply replacing race with class isn't the solution.
A recent column in the alumni newsletter of my alma mater, the University of Mississippi, is headlined "We Have Legacies." The quote is lifted from the column and would ordinarily evoke the world of Southern landed gentry. A photograph on the page, however, shows the author to be an...

Affirmative action and academic employment: differentiation of campus perceptions in the University of Missouri.
Background The Civil Rights movement incited the impetus for equality of opportunity in employment, which derived its strength from racial groups that had been victims of discrimination for many years (Spring, 1994). The Civil Rights Movement was a compelling force that motivated the nation's political leaders to...

The historical development of affirmative action: an aggregated analysis.
Introduction Equal opportunity is a concept that was, at best, elusive for many years prior to the Civil War. Social acceptance of indentured servitude paved the way for indulgence in racial discrimination and was apparent in the exclusionary practices used in higher education admissions and employment. The...

The Pursuit of Fairness: A History of Affirmative Action.
The Pursuit of Fairness: A History of Affirmative Action. By Terry H. Anderson. (New York and other cities: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. xvi, 320. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-19-518245-6; cloth, $35.00, ISBN 0-19-515764-8.) Affirmative action has a long history in the United States--longer than the modern civil...

Thomas J. Noer. Soapy: A Biography of G. Mennen Williams.
Thomas J. Noer. Soapy: A Biography of G. Mennen Williams. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005. Pp. 419. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Notes. Cloth, $35.00. G. Mermen "Soapy" Williams was the Democratic governor of Michigan from 1948 to 1960, head of the State Department's African Bureau from...

Circling back to the obvious: the convergence of traditional and reverse discrimination in Title VII proof.
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. TITLE VII DISPARATE TREATMENT CLAIMS BY WHITES AND MALES A. The Rule: Title VII Prohibits Race Discrimination B. The Exception: Racial or Gender Preferences Are Permissible Under Valid Affirmative Action Plans II. PROVING AN INDIVIDUAL CASE OF REVERSE DISCRIMINATION A. The Parameters of the...

Remembering the civil rights struggle in Brooklyn, NY.
"Will you go to jail for freedom? Will you die for freedom?" A powerful rendition of the song, "Do You Want Your Freedom?" was sung by Sandi Blair, with Dionne Freeney on piano, to open a remarkable event in February, 2006 at the Brooklyn Public Library's central...