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Racial Diversity: Historical Worksheet Donald K. Morgan Building Organizational Capacity Juancho A. Lim June 5, 2013 Throughout most of U.S. history, in most locations, what race has been in the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most members of this group? According to "The Changing Racial And Ethnic Composition Of The Us Population" In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the classification by race expanded to include the measurement of “mulattos”—persons of mixed black and white ancestry—and the “blood quantum” (percent of white ancestry) of American Indians. By 1890, the census racial classification reflected a growing preoccupation with …show more content…

Another law that was put in place due to some loopholes in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the Civil Rights Act of 1991. ("Racial Discrimination Law & Legal Definition", ). This was particularly put in place because of the Civil War-era statute known as 42 U.S.C. Section 1981. There was racial discrimination that occurred once the individual was in the workplace. This act helps resolve this issue in the workplace. References The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the US Population (). Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2882688/ Laws Enforced by EEOC. (). Retrieved from http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/ Racial Discrimination Law & Legal Definition. (). Retrieved from

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