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 backgrounds receive the same chance, but an equally numbered side believes quite differently.
             As innocently as it may have begun, Affirmative Actions drawbacks began to show up soon enough. On June 28th, 1978 the Supreme Courts decision in the case of Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the first Affirmative Action lawsuit of this kind, was handed down. The Supreme Court Justices' decision put forth limitations on Affirmative Action policies to ensure that providing greater opportunities for minorities did not come at the expense of the rights of the majority. However, their words carried little weight because it is impossible to hand someone of the minority an opportunity without first taking that opportunity from someone of the majority. This was the argument of Allan Bakke, a white applicant to the University of California-Medical School, who's application had been twice rejected by the Board of Regents even though his scores were considerably higher than most of the minority applicants accepted. That is because, at the time, the University reserved 16 of their 100 enrollments for minority students regardless of how they compared to those of the majority. The Court ruled, in a 5-4 split decision, that while race was a legitimate factor in school admissions, the use of such inflexible quotas, as the medical school had set aside, was not. This decision, while beginning the struggle to even Affirmative Action's equally slighted plain, did little to address the issues within the system.
             Many universities, colleges, and other schools of higher learning have seen the many problems with the Affirmative Acti...