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 [Quotas and civil rights] Original Airdate: 3/28/1991 Length: 01:05:20 Item Type: newstape - edited story master Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Meg Vaillancourt interviews Avi Nelson (radio talk show host) and Dianne Wilkerson (attorney) about the debate concerning minority hiring quotas as a part of civil rights policy. Vaillancourt notes that George Bush (US President) vetoed a Civil Rights Bill last year because he said the bill would encourage the use of quotas by employers. Nelson opposes affirmative action programs and quotas. Nelson says that the Civil Rights Bill compromises the rights of some in order to benefit others. Wilkerson says that quotas were never a part of the Civil Rights Bill as it was written. Wilkerson says that the Civil Rights Bill would allow women and people of color to file lawsuits in cases of discrimination. Wilkerson accuses the Republican Party of bringing up quotas in order to undermine the passage of the Civil Rights Bill. Vaillancourt reports that the future of the bill remains uncertain. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of George Bush speaking in October of 1990 and footage of construction workers at a construction site. Vaillancourt's report also features footage from interviews with people on the street about minority hiring quotas. This tape includes additional footage from From Montgomery to Memphis. Contributor : Reporter Meg Vaillancourt
Subject : Keywords Affirmative action programs African American lawyers African Americans - Civil rights Discrimination Federal government Women Subject : Personal Names Bush, George H.W. Nelson, Avi Vaillancourt, Meg Wilkerson, Dianne Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Republican National Party Type : Genre News - Television |
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