AS AM 156 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Regents Of The Univ. Of Cal. V. Bakke, Maryland Route 4, White Privilege

• School: UCSB
• Department: Asian American Studies
• Course: AS AM 156
• Professor: John Park

Document Summary

Allan bakke as an applicant to the uc davis medical school in 1973 andd 1974. Powell: race may be 1 factor among others- explicit quotas and set-asides should be unconstitutional. Race can"t be a quota, but definitely needed to be considered. Bakke is admitted in 1978 and finished his md 4 years later. "disadvantage. " one"s immediate ancestors or one has suffered what should have been unlawful discrimination. Having lived in a segregated, white supremacist society, we have lived in separate worlds. "ideas" and "outlook" on life shaped by these experiences. Pushing back against bakke (1978)- institutionalizing affirmative action and notions of "diversity" What constitutes "merit," and should colleges and universities care about the racial backgrounds of their students. A "minority set-aside" program and minority business enterprises in the. Justice o"connor: preceding to the case, african americans were voting, running for the office and winning; they are no longer the "minority" that needed now.