What is affirmative action? The purpose of affirmative action is to bring about increased opportunities for disadvantaged
             groups. The supposed goal is to move beyond equal opportunity and towards equal results, but is that the case? Is affirmative action
             really fair? Since setting different standards for different races prohibits equality, affirmative action is wrong and does not represent
             Affirmative action tried to help women and minorities, but in the process, reverse discrimination has taken place. Its policies
             judge people solely on skin color and gender.
             An example is the Supreme Court case of Regents of the University of California verses Bakke (1978). A program was introduced at
             University of California at Davis for physicians in California. The medical school set aside 16 of a total of 100 places in the entering
             class for "disadvantaged groups." One white applicant who did not make the freshman class was Allan Bakke. After receiving his
             rejection letter from Davis for two straight years, Bakke learned that the acceptances of the admitted students were based on test
             scores, and Bakke's scores were respectively higher. He decided to sue UC-Davis, claiming that it had denied him equal protection of
             the laws by discriminating against him because of race. Even though affirmative action was created as a helping action, reverse
             discrimination is still discrimination. Thus, discrimination is wrong.
             Instead of affirmative action, opportunities should be awarded and deserved. Referring back to the UC-Davis v.s. Bakke case,
             the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Bakke, as should. The Court ordered Bakke admitted, holding that the UC-Davis Special
             Admissions Program did discriminate against him because of his race. Yet, the Court refused to order UC-Davis never to use race as
             a criterion for admission. A university "could," said the Court, adopt an "admissi
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