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Bakke Questions

Historical Understanding1.) The post-Civil War amendments all focused on extending the rants granted to

minority citizens in an attempt to secure equal protection of (and from) the la.

!.) To types of discrimination against "lac#s in the south ere efforts to deny themthe rights of citizenship (through means li#e las preventing them from voting or

holding office) and segregation$ hich made them attend separate schools and use

separate facilities.%.) &ron ' &oard reversed the lessy ' *erguson decision that said separate

could "e equal.

+.) , as the leader of "oth the march on Washington for the Civil /ights act$

and the fight against segregation.0.) Three provisions of the Civil /ights act ere to outla discrimination in all

pu"lic accommodations$ put Congress and the president on the side of school

desegregation$ and authorized the ustice department to sue schools that didn2t.

3.) The goal of affirmative action is to compensate for historic discrimination that putminorities today at a disadvantage.

Reviewing the Facts

1.) The special admissions program at 4C 5avis set aside a certain a certain num"er

of spots for minority students to "e admitted.!.) &a##e said that the program as essentially reverse racism$ it discriminated

against him on the "asis of his race.

%.) The 4niversity said the their program helped to right previous rongs "y helping

disadvantaged students$ as ell as increasing the diversity of the class.+.) The solicitor general said that race "ased policies ere fair and that the 1+th

amendment as not only to protect against racism$ "ut to right past rongs.0.) oell struc# a compromise "y saying that the university couldn2t set aside acertain num"er of spots$ "ut could consider race a factor.

Ethical Issues (AKA Is This Racist?)1.) 6t2s only racist if other races are excluded. 7lthough$ an all hite neigh"orhood is

pro"a"ly a result of structural violence.

!.) 6t2s only racist if 89: ;eish people are alloed to live there$ or if they2re

exclusively given reduced rates.%.) That2s sexist.

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1.) 9o$ it should not have. 6t2s not the o" of the 4niversity to compensate for less-

a"le students to ma#e up for past rongs$ it2s the governments o" to ma#e it so

those students are ust as a"le.!.) 7 is fair$ it only stays in effect until equality is reached. & is not$ it sets aside

spots ust li#e the 4C program did. C$ li#e 7$ is fair "ecause the goal is simply to

reach equality. 8nce past rongs are righted$ it2s all good.%.) 6t2s only fair to give or deny employment "ecause of age hen the employee is

less a"le to perform the duties of a o". 6f a ?@ year can run a register ust as good

as a 13 year old$ then they shouldn2t "e considered any less qualified for the o".+.) 6n all of the a"ove cases$ 6 feel li#e the 6 m portent things to #no in each

situation is the reasonfor the policy$ as ell as if it endsonce things are equal

again. 6f the purpose of the policies is to right past rongs$ they shouldn2t last

longer than they are necessary for.