Bakke Questions Historical Understanding 1.

) The post-Civil War amendments all focused on extending the rants granted to minority citizens in an attempt to secure equal protection of (and from) the la . !.) T o types of discrimination against "lac#s in the south ere efforts to deny them the rights of citizenship (through means li#e la s preventing them from voting or holding office) and segregation$ hich made them attend separate schools and use separate facilities. %.) &ro n '( &oard reversed the )lessy '( *erguson decision that said separate could "e equal. +.) ,-. as the leader of "oth the march on Washington for the Civil /ights act$ and the fight against segregation. 0.) Three provisions of the Civil /ights act ere to outla discrimination in all pu"lic accommodations$ put Congress and the president on the side of school desegregation$ and authorized the 1ustice department to sue schools that didn2t. 3.) The goal of affirmative action is to compensate for historic discrimination that put minorities today at a disadvantage. Reviewing the Facts 1.) The special admissions program at 4C 5avis set aside a certain a certain num"er of spots for minority students to "e admitted. !.) &a##e said that the program as essentially reverse racism$ it discriminated against him on the "asis of his race. %.) The 4niversity said the their program helped to right previous rongs "y helping disadvantaged students$ as ell as increasing the diversity of the class. +.) The solicitor general said that race "ased policies ere fair and that the 1+th amendment as not only to protect against racism$ "ut to right past rongs. 0.) )o ell struc# a compromise "y saying that the university couldn2t set aside a certain num"er of spots$ "ut could consider race a factor. Ethical Issues (AKA Is This Racist?) 1.) 6t2s only racist if other races are excluded. 7lthough$ an all hite neigh"orhood is pro"a"ly a result of structural violence. !.) 6t2s only racist if 89-: ;e ish people are allo ed to live there$ or if they2re exclusively given reduced rates. %.) That2s sexist. <uys totally apply to "e flight attendants. +.) That2s pro"a"ly structural violence= >ispanic or#ers pro"a"ly 1ust aren2t a"le to get into that field. 0.) That2s 1ust the 4( <overnment "eing assholes and not caring for the disa"led. 3.) That2s pro"a"ly ageist$ there are pro"a"ly many qualified older employees that aren2t employed. Express our Reasoning

1.) 9o$ it should not have. 6t2s not the 1o" of the 4niversity to compensate for lessa"le students to ma#e up for past rongs$ it2s the governments 1o" to ma#e it so those students are 1ust as a"le. !.) 7 is fair$ it only stays in effect until equality is reached. & is not$ it sets aside spots 1ust li#e the 4C program did. C$ li#e 7$ is fair "ecause the goal is simply to reach equality. 8nce past rongs are righted$ it2s all good. %.) 6t2s only fair to give or deny employment "ecause of age hen the employee is less a"le to perform the duties of a 1o". 6f a ?@ year can run a register 1ust as good as a 13 year old$ then they shouldn2t "e considered any less qualified for the 1o". +.) 6n all of the a"ove cases$ 6 feel li#e the 6 m portent things to #no in each situation is the reason for the policy$ as ell as if it ends once things are equal again. 6f the purpose of the policies is to right past rongs$ they shouldn2t last longer than they are necessary for.