Many of the arguments for and against continued immigration to the U.S. are based on economic considerations. Take a position for or against continued immigration and justify you position based on a cost-benefit analysis. Proposition 187 which was passed by voters in California in 1994 sought to discourage undocumented immigration by depriving such immigrants many vital public services. Explain what Proposition 187 entails and discuss the need for and probable effects of the measure. Chapter Fifteen 1.
Theories suggest various ways to reduce prejudice and discrimination.
Discuss the different ways to attack these problems suggested by consensus and conflict theories. In 1950 the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Sweatt v. Painter, ordered the University of Texas Law School to admit its first African American student, Heman Sweatt, and to open its admissions procedures to other minority students. In 1996, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, in the Hopwood case, ruled that the use of race as a factor in the University of Texas Law School's admission policy was unconstitutional and gave preferential treatment to Blacks and Mexican Americans to the detriment of Whites. Discuss the changes in American society that led to this Hopwood decision. Some people have argued that even if affirmative action works, it is not a fair policy because it results in reverse discrimination.