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Civ Rts Vocab
Civil Rights Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Designing remedies for overcoming racism and sexism by taking race and sex into account | affirmative action |
Segregation that exists but that was not created by law | de facto segregation |
A legal distinction that the Supreme Court scrutinizes especially closely | Suspect classification |
Segregation created by law | de jure segregation |
The standard by which the Supreme Court judges classifications based on race: they must have a compelling public purpose | Strict scrutiny |
Giving minorities preference in hiring, promotions, college admissions, and contracts | preferential treatment |
The standard by which the court judges gender-based classifications | reasonableness or rationality standard |
The term for laws forcing second-class status on blacks | Jim Crow |
Distributing desired things equally to the races | equality of results |
The rights of citizens to vote, receive equal treatment before the law, and share benefits of public facilities | civil rights |
The use of race or sex to give preferential treatment to blacks or women | reverse discrimination |
Offering the races an equal chance at desired things | equality of opportunity |
The government must demonstrate that it has this in order for any racial preference to qualify as constitutional | compelling state interest |