Question 1

Some call the struggle for equal rights for gays and lesbians the last major civil rights struggle for America. In what ways are gays and lesbians discriminated against? How has this discrimination been perpetuated? What is happening at the local, state, and national levels to combat this discrimination? What is the current extent of legal same-sex marriage in the United States?

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Question 2

Write an essay in which you critically examine the main arguments for and against affirmative action in higher education. What arguments can be made in favor of it? When does it become reverse discrimination, if ever?

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Question 3

Discuss the impact of the various civil rights movements. Have these movements succeeded in broadly expanding civil rights and equal opportunity? Does the struggle for civil rights need to progress further or has it already gone too far? Did the civil rights struggles bring the nation together or divide it into separate identity groups? Do measures designed to overcome historic discrimination become forms of "reverse discrimination"?

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Quiz 5: Civil Rights: Toward a More Equal Citizenry

Write an essay in which you critically examine the main arguments for and against affirmative action in higher education. What arguments can be made in favor of it? When does it become reverse discrimination, if ever?