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