1. Diversity and Discrimination

2. Race Based Discrimination
Historically, white Americans have been reluctant to give any social or economic power to:
African Americans
Native Americans
Hispanic Americans
Asian Americans

3. Get a book:
Read aloud p
Look at the graph on page 595

4. Equal Protection Clause
The democratic ideal demands that government must treat all people alike. (Dec. of Ind. & 14th amendment).
Reasonable classification – Example – sex offenders.

5. Segregation in America
“Separate but equal”
Jim Crow Laws
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
De jure – discrimination upheld by law.
De facto – no law, but exists (black neighborhoods / schools).

6. Classification by Sex Quotas Reverse Discrimination
Affirmative action – a policy that requires employers to take positive steps to remedy the effects of past discriminations
Quotas
Reverse Discrimination

7. Assignment Form groups of 5
Each group will be give a sheet with various people, each person assigned a number.
Each group will also be given a list of various crimes.
Based on suspect classification, make assumption about, which person would be more likely to commit which crime(s).
Share with the class.