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Controversy exists over whether women's under-representation in specific academic fields is the result of gender discrimination or of other factors such as personal inclination. [4] [5] Some individuals have argued that there are equal opportunities for women and men in sciences and that sexism no longer exists in these fields.
The Texas Republican Party holds all statewide offices in Texas, controls both houses of the Texas Legislature as well as the Governor of Texas (known as the government trifecta). [ 60 ] Republican Governor Rick Perry signed a pledge from the National Organization for Marriage to oppose same-sex marriage; [ 61 ] Perry also dismissed the Lawrence v.
Texas, 78 F.3d 932 (5th Cir. 1996), [1] was the first successful legal challenge to a university's affirmative action policy in student admissions since Regents of the University of California v. Bakke . [ 2 ]
In Texas, 39.4% of white people had a bachelor’s degree or higher compared to 16.1% of Hispanics, a slightly larger gap than in 2007, according to the Texas Demographic Center.
The advocacy group Equality Texas launched a petition, signed by nearly 1,500 people, demanding the teachers be reinstated. Messages of support left by students for teacher Rachel Stonecipher.
Wal-Mart discriminated against female employees in its 451 Texas stores, according to a class action lawsuit filed Friday. Four months ago, the Supreme Court threw out a nationwide class action ...
Plaintiffs Abigail Noel Fisher and Rachel Multer Michalewicz applied to the University of Texas at Austin in 2008 and were denied admission. The two women, both white, filed suit, alleging that the University had discriminated against them on the basis of their race in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. [5]
This has led to disjointed coverage of LGBT and gender identity rights with some states issuing specific anti-discrimination for these groups. At the federal level, the House of Representatives has passed a 2019 amendment to the Act, the Equality Act , to explicitly grant these classes protection from discrimination under the Civil Rights Act ...