Case Summary The University of California at Davis arranged a dual admissions program, one for regular admission students, and one for \"disadvantaged\" students, mainly those of a minority race. With the regular admission, a student must have above a 2.5 GPA and be screened with an interview. From...

"As early as 1871, Frederick Douglas ridiculed the idea of racial quotas, arguing that they would promote an 'image of blacks as privileged wards of the state'" (O'Conner, pp. 216). Affirmative action is viewed either as reverse discrimination or compensation for past mis...

Since the introduction of Affirmative Action, by Lyndon B. Johnson, it has been a very debatable issue in the American culture. Recently, the differing sides have focused on its use in college acceptance. Many believe that it is the best means we have, at this time, to guarantee that people of all...

The Emancipation Proclamation issued January 1, 1863, set slaves in the confederate states free. The Thirteenth Amendment permanently abolished slavery. The former confederate states, not wanting to let go of their control over blacks, established the restrictive "Black Codes." The Civil R...

Discrimination Throughout the years of US history there have been countless acts of discrimination, of all sorts, and there have been an immense amount of cases filed in regards to these acts. Although it is commonly believed that discrimination is always illegal, the courts have repeatedly upheld...

"The state shall not discriminate, or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting." The previous statement is the unedited text of the ...

Constitution Review 1. Government in which two levels of government shared fundamental powers. State governments were supreme in some matters, while the national government was supreme in other matters. It was designed this way to prevent one of the governments from overpowering the other. 2. pa...

Conservatism (1980's Style)- the principles and practices of the Conservative party in United Kingdom. Irangate- a big scandal that was compared to Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal, but it raised more troubling issues. It was significant, because it left the role of the president unexplained during...

QUEST FOR FREEDOM AND EQUALITYBY : MR_JoNES^Very few of the presidents of the United States have been responsive to the African American quest for freedom and equality. Some of them in fact, have been rather hostile. An example would be when President Andrew Jackson vetoed civil rights legislation a...