Riverhill University,on Conducting a Self-Audit,identifies a Racial Imbalance in Its

question 34

Multiple Choice

Riverhill University,on conducting a self-audit,identifies a racial imbalance in its workforce where 85 percent of its department chairs and deans are white men.The university voluntarily institutes a short-term plan that mandates that future selections for department chairs and deans will be on a one-for-one basis until an appropriate ratio is achieved.Paul,a white male professor from the same university,applies for the position of a dean and gets rejected.He subsequently discovers that an equally qualified black female is selected for the position.In this scenario,Paul:

• A) does not have a valid discrimination claim because suits based on reverse discrimination are barred by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• B) has a valid claim because Executive Order 11246 prohibits voluntary race-conscious affirmative action plans.
• C) has an acceptable claim because the affirmative action plan unnecessarily trammels the rights of white employees.
• D) does not have a valid claim because temporary plans to eliminate existing imbalances are permitted based on the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO v. Weber case.

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