University of Calif V. Bakke

Background: The university has created a special program to allow diversity in admissions. On the other side Bakke, a white male, was declined twice from the university.

The University stated that no one was being denied by race but to have a balance of races. They stated that 16 out of 100 spots were saved for minorities and African Americans. They stated that they needed to take the 14th amendment seriously and start to integrate their schools. No one is looked at solely on the color of their skin, but on grade, test scores, and their interviews. The university was doing what it had to do to follow the laws. They did a great job at showing their ethical argument.

The lawyers for Bakke stated that the university taking spots from the white people and giving them to minorities goes against the first amendment right of the white male. They talked about how Bakke had a 3.51 GPA and he felt that he was being reversed discriminated. They stated that Bakke had way better grades and should have been allowed into the university. He was getting almost 468 out of 500 scores and were not given an interview. She stated that the minorities were twenty to thirty points below Bakkes scores. They did a great job at stating why he should have been admitted.

The decision of the court was that having a hard quota system in harsh and goes against the 14th amendment but the university can look at race as a factor but it can not be the only factor.