ANTH 23 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Structural Inequality, Scapegoating, Kess-Fm
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Anth 23 lecture 20 the decline of affirmative action. Supreme court on affirmative action in higher education. 1978: uc regents v. bakke; uc davis medical school cannot use quotas, but can consider race to achieve diversity. 2003: grutter v. bollinger; university of michigan law school can consider race as one of many factors in reviewing applicants because diversity is good for education. 2003: gratz v. bollinger; university of michigan undergraduate program cannot assign points for minority status because this makes race a decisive factor. 2013: fisher v. university of texas; courts must verify if affirmative action programs are necessary to achieve diversity. 2014: schuette v. coalition to defend affirmative action; upholds michigan law banning affirmative action in higher education and state contracting, states have the right to ban racial preferences. Supreme court on affirmative action in hiring and contracting. 1980: fullilove v. klutznick; 15% federal public works budget can be reserved for minority contractors.
