1. The Problem:
DISCRIMINATION
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

2. DISCRIMINATION:HISTORY
GOVERNMENTALLY:

• Accepted

Minorities and Women were not constituted as equals

• Required

In 1857 the Supreme Court of the North and South referred to slaves as beings of an inferior order, and all together unfit to associate with the White race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.

3. Examples of Historical Inequality:
SLAVES NOR WOMEN COULD:

• Vote
• 4. Serve on Juries
• 5. Hold Office
• 6. Bring suit in their own name
• 7. Not Own Property
• 8. Not Serve as Legal Guardians