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| the rights of people to be treated without unreasonable or unconstitutional differences |
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| classifications of people on the basis of their race or ethnicity |
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| a Supreme Court test to see if a law denies equal protection because it does not serve a compelling state interest & is not narrowly tailored to achieve that goal |
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| separate-but-equal doctrine |
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| the doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that African Americans could constitutionally be kept in separate but equal facilities |
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| racial segregation that is required by law |
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| raial segregation that occurs in schools, not as a result of the law, but as a result of patterns of residential settlement |
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| opposing a law one considers unjust by peacefully disobeying it & accepting the resultant punishment |
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| state power to effect laws promoting health, safety, & morals |
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| making certain that people achieve the same result |
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| programs designed to increase minority participation in some institution (business, schools, labor unions, or government agencies) by taking positive steps to appoint more minority-group members |
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| using race or sex to give preferential treatment to some people |
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| giving people an equal chance to succeed |
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