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Women and Minorities in Law Enforcement
Working to end discrimination in this country has been a long and hard fought battle. In the early 1950's federal laws began to offer some help to those who had been persecuted against for so many years. During the Nixon Administration the federal government began to push employers to make a "good faith effort" to employ women and minorities and to track their progress. These were known as affirmative action programs. Some minorities contend that discrimination in the workplace is as still alive today as it ever has been; it is just better disguised. Opponents of affirmative action argue that it is reverse discrimination and that such laws only help to "stir the flames of racial hatred" (http://www.crf-usa.org/brown50th/adarand_affirmative_action.htm).
A Little History behind Women in Law Enforcement
For women in law enforcement, it has been a long hard track to get where they are today and, though improvement are still being made......

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