
113. How the Black Power Movement Has Carried into the Present Day
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Evolution of affirmative action in Supreme Court decisions
In 1978, the Supreme Court ruled that strict racial quotas were unconstitutional as they led to discrimination against white people. The alternative approach allowed considering race as a factor but not the determining one. However, in a recent case, the Court found that using race as a criteria can still lead to unconstitutional discrimination if it becomes the deciding factor in certain cases.
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