Bakke vs. University of California

For our class assignment we had to argue in favor of Bakke.

Bakke was a student that was denied admission to the university of California, Davis School of Medicine.

He was denied due to his race. Bakke was a Caucasian male. He had high grades and the test scores to be admitted but was refused. Bakke was denied more than once causing him to ask more questions of the rejection he received.

It turns out the University of California reserved 16% of its seats for minority students.

Bakke sued the school for violating his 14th amendment rights for equal protection.

In argument for Bakke, the school should not be able to refuse anyone education due to their race. Everyone should be treated equally, meaning the only thing that should've rejected Bakke should have been his grades and such, not his race.

The state ruled the whole process to be unconstitutional, but after this the Supreme Court decided that it was constitutional for schools to view minority issues in this matter but all academic scores and history should be reviewed before your race comes into play.

This case became a known and popular landmark due to how much controversy came from it.