Reverse Segregation and its role in Board of Regents v California

EOTO Reverse Discrimination

Reverse discrimination is the practice or policy of favoring a group of individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously. This policy was practiced by the Regents of the University of California. Allen Bakke attended the University of Minnesota in the undergraduate program. When he graduated college, he came out with a GPA of 3.5. After college he had to fulfill his ROTC requirements and he chose to join the marine corps. While being in the marine corps he achieved the rank of captain and had the honor to be discharged. He began a passion for medicine while in Vietnam and then continued his passion while working for NASA as an engineer. He decided to pursue this into a career and applied to the University of California but got rejected. The next year he applied again and still got rejected. The acceptance of minority students overpowered the white students. 16% of the slots were reserved for these students This concept made Bakke mad because he had a lot better test scores for entrance into the school. He had a 3.46 GPA after taking science courses to qualify for medical school. Because he kept getting rejected and the minorities were, he felt as he was getting reverse discriminated based on his race. He argued contrary to the Equal Protection Clause under the fourteenth amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court concluded that the University’s strict racial quotas was unconstitutional and ordered the school to accept Bakke into their medical program.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Bakke-decision

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regents_of_the_Univ._of_Cal._v._Bakke