SOCY 1021 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Lewis F. Powell Jr., Gentrification, Old Boy Network
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Lecture 15 more profound stage of he battle for civil rights. Got rid of discrimination policies, but that(cid:495)s just the starting line. Not on equal footing as everyone else. Challenge to affirmative action in the courts. Allan bakke: white male, 36 years old, applied to medical school and rejected twice: however, they were also higher than those admitted by those. Uc davis med school had 16 set-aside seats for affirmative action applicants. Bakke alleged that he was discriminated against because of his white race. Outcome: quotas ruled unconstitutional in quotas or set-asides, and he was: applied drastically older than other applicants, war veteran, could have been age discrimination admitted in general category admitted to med school. Jennifer gratz, a white women, was denied entrance to the university of. Each applicant could earn up to 150 points: race (affirmative action points): 20 points if you were black, native. American, latino, person of color: low-income family: 20 points.
