(1975). Black Crime, White Racism and American Justice: An Application of the Colonial Model to Explain Crime and Race. Phylon, 36, 1, 14-22, Mar 75. The relationship between race and crime is examined in a new theoretical framework which applies a colonial analogy in which the black community is viewed as an underdeveloped colony whose economics and politics are controlled by leaders of the racially dominant group. (EH)…
(1974). Procedural Due Process and Labor Relations in Public Education: A Union Perspective. Journal of Law and Education, 3, 4, 561-613, Oct 74. The law regarding constitutional rights of teachers and public employees has changed to strengthen due process procedures. Court decisions are cited. (DW)…
(1974). The Case Against Preferential Racial Quotas: Justice Douglas's Dissent in the DeFunis Case. NOLPE School Law Journal, 4, 1, 8-11, 74. In 1974 the Supreme Court voted not to rule on the issue of preferential treatment for minority students that was presented in the DeFunis case. In his dissent, Justice Douglas argued against preferential racial quotas and criticized reliance on examination scores rather than on individual assessment of applicants. (JG)…
(1975). Exploring the Future: Race Relations in the 21st Century. Journal of Law and Education, 4, 1, 39-41, Jan 75. Current trends toward middle-class positivism, subtle discrimination, and less resistance to racial change portend an increase in minority middle-class membership which, in time, will promote more change. (DW)…
(1975). Tests and Employment Discrimination. IAR Research Bulletin, 15, 3, 1,6-8, Mar 75. Challenges to employment requirements that may disadvantage some applicants are increasing as Congress has caused the employer to show relationship between any given requirement and the employment. (Author/DW)…
(1975). Growing Opportunities for Minorities in Business. Business Education Forum, 29, 7, 29-31, Apr 75. …
(1974). Student Rights: A Classroom Simulation. Bill of Rights Newsletter, 8, 2, 23-27, F 74. First, Fourth, Eighth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of students are described and followed by a role playing simulation for high school students. (KM)…
(1986). "No Thank You, We'd Rather Not": The Rights and Policies of Daily Newspapers Relating to Refusals to Accept Advertising. A study investigated the types of advertisements newspapers refuse as well as the attitudes of advertising managers about guidelines and laws concerning advertising refusal. Newspapers were selected from the "1985 Editor and Publisher Yearbook" using a systematic probability sampling method, and questionnaires were mailed to advertising managers at 150 daily newspapers. Data indicated a tremendous diversity among newspapers regarding their refusal policy. Among the conclusions reached in the study are that southern newspapers tend to be the most conservative newspapers in the country, while southern advertising managers tended to be more conservative with respect to their absolute right to refuse any advertisement in a nonmonopoly situation. Once a policy has been established, written or otherwise, it appears that companies or organizations may not even try to advertise in certain communities. In addition, newspapers want not only to continue the freedom of refusal they… [PDF]
(1984). Desegregation/Integration and the Media: Fallout from the Brown Decision in West Virginia. This paper provides an anecdotal account of racial relations and integration efforts in West Virginia before and after the Brown decision, from the perspective of the publisher of the "Charleston Gazette," The struggle for racial equality in West Virginia has been filled with contradictions. The first legal action taken in West Virginia against a board of education occurred in 1926 to permit Blacks to use the facilities of Charleston's public library. Blacks began attending West Virginia University extension classes in the mid-1920s, and graduate and professional schools of the university were opened in 1938 following a Supreme Court decision. For a decade prior to the Brown case, conferences sponsored by the State Department of Education were integrated in all activities, and in some counties Black and White teachers' meetings were integrated, as were some county secondary principals' meetings. Immediately following the Brown decision, all curricula and facilities at…
(1984). From Here–Where?. This paper discusses generally the impact of the Brown decision of 1954 on education. It presents five major "lessons" suggested by the history of school desegregation: (1) the attack on bigotry and injustice must be fought on all fronts–with votes, political interest groups, multicultural education, economic planning, and political consolidation. Litigation will not by itself solve problems with deep roots in social and economic conditions. (2) Liberty and equality are not polar opposites: equal opportunity must be seen as a goal necessary to all. (3) At present, in some ways, society is more segregated than ever: people have found ways to resegregate, not on specific racial grounds, but with results that are just as destructive to fairness and justice. (4) The costs of social change are charged always to those who are least able to afford the strain. Desegregated schools are no solution as long as society's politics, housing, incomes class structures and churches are…
(1983). The "Pittsburgh Courier" and Black Workers in 1942. In early 1942, the "Pittsburgh Courier," the largest black newspaper in the United States, began its Double V campaign stressing the right of black workers to have equality at home when blacks were fighting inequality abroad. An examination of the campaign, however, reveals that it was dead by the end of the year, while substantial gains by black workers did not occur until a year or so later. To discover why the newspaper dropped its campaign before it accomplished its goals, an examination was made of its coverage of black worker issues in 1942. The analysis showed that there was a definite shift in the nature of the articles over the year. In the first half of 1942, the federal government and the military were criticized heavily, but the state and municipal governments and private businesses became targets of criticisms in the second half of the year. This allayed fears of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that the "Courier" was possibly seditious, it left… [PDF]
(1984). From Here–Where? (Revised). Thirty years after the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown versus The Board of Education of Topeka, 1954, this paper discusses generally the impact of the Brown decision on education. It presents five major "lessons" suggested by the history of school desegregation. (1) The attack on bigotry and injustice must be fought on all fronts–with votes, political interest groups, multicultural education, economic planning, and with political consolidation. Litigation will not by itself solve problems with deep roots in social and economic conditions. (2) Liberty and equality are not polar opposites: equal opportunity must be seen as a goal necessary to all. (3) At present, in some ways, society is more segregated than ever: we have found ways to resegregate, not on specific racial grounds, but with results that are just as destructive to fairness and justice. (4) The costs of social change are charged always to those who are least able to afford the change. Desegregated schools are…
(1974). Human Rights and Administrative Responsibility. Phi Delta Kappan, 56, 4, 243,247, Dec 74. …
(1977). Equal Educational Opportunity, Sex Discrimination Prohibited, Ch 392-190. This document lists the provisions of the Washington state statute which prohibits sex discrimination in: public schools, employment, counseling and guidance services to students, recreational and athletic activities for students, access to course offerings, and in textbooks and instructional materials used by students. All school districts in Washington are directed by the legislation to develop affirmative action programs. Responsibility for enforcement resides with the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Penalties for noncompliance may include the termination of all state apportionment to the offending school district. (Author/AM)…
(1977). Rights in Education: The Australian Conundrum. Australian Education Review Number 9. This monograph examines the question of what rights students, teachers, and parents have in Australian educational systems and how those rights relate to education in schools. Two types of rights are considered: general rights, which involve all of the participants in education (students, teachers, and parents) in their assigned roles; and particular rights, which are derived from the institutionalizing of education through laws. Chapter 1 focuses on general rights in education, while chapter 2 reviews the pursuit of such rights by students, teachers, and parents. Chapter 3 analyzes Australian educational law to establish the nature and range of particular rights and also includes a discussion of educational administrators. Chapter 4 suggests some possible further developments in the area of educational rights. (Author/JG)…