Minorities in Contracting - Is That How It Works?

There are some legal restrictions, oi. Most people think, i kind of thought, actually, still, till i stot wigting this book. The supreme court theoretically invalidated a strict quotas for set asides in the late 19 eighties an 19 nineties. But whalt happened is they had a loophole that said if you can prove bya a legitimate study that there is historical discrimination against certain minorities in your city, town or state then you're allowed to still do it. So a whole industry popped up that created really, often prebogus studies, but enough to give a rational for what the city was doing. Often contractors associations would sue, the law woul

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