quote: A Law That Helped End Slavery is Now a Weapon to End Affirmative Action

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News Article

Publication Date

11-6-2023

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“The lawsuits are aimed at wiping out any vestiges of what we call affirmative action in employment,” said Susan Carle, a law professor at American University and an expert in Reconstruction-era history. The law is being used because it carries a “constitutional overtone” that could ripple into other areas of the law that protect private-sector affirmative action and DEI programs, she said, adding: “I very much fear that they will prevail.”

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The Washington Post

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