In what way(s) did the Bridget Mergens case impact the establishment of student or-ganizations on high school campuses? How can this case be related and applied to issues and controversies on today’s high school campuses?

What will be an ideal response?

Students may discuss the relationship between this case and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. But this case and the EAA of 1984 have been used to support such con-troversial groups as LGBT gay–straight alliances as well as a variety of other groups that demonstrate the unintended consequences of the Mergens decision.

Political Science

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a. Austin American Statesman b. Dallas Morning News c. Denton Record Chronicle d. Fort Worth Star Telegram

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The following statements are all true of social race except

a. it means the same as biological race. b. past examples include the "Irish race." c. countries classify races differently. d. that it is used to justify discrimination. e. the categories change over time.

Political Science