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This 5 page paper looks at affirmative action and the unwanted consequence of reverse discrimination. Several cases, including the Bakke case, are duly noted. This reaction paper provides an overview and then concludes that reverse discrimination is problematic and so, affirmative action should not be implemented in most situations. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the passes to medical or law school given to women, blacks and Latinos simply because they are underrepresented in these fields has, to some, been construed as a form
of discrimination. Why? White males work just as hard to achieve good grades, and they do not always have the money to gain entrance to any school. Thus, in some
way, allowing minorities a break whereas white males can never get one may be construed as unfair. At the same time, the whole premise of affirmative action is to level
the playing field. For too long, white males have dominated industry and the professions and so, minorities may need the break in order to make progress in certain fields that
were once prohibitive either due to economic factors or barriers related to prejudice. The affirmative action puzzle is not easily resolved. There are those who support the premise
wholeheartedly and others who abhor it. Yet, little about reverse discrimination had been discussed until a young man by the name of Alan Bakke applied to medical school and did
not get in. Bakke won when he claimed he was discriminated against. He was to be admitted to medical school due to the equal protection claus of the fourteenth
amendment. The case interpreted the amendment to be universal so that it should also include white males. In other words, it would be unfair if the fourteenth amendment only protected
minorities. Still, affirmative action stands, and cases of reverse discrimination are plentiful as well. Charges of reverse discrimination over the years result from the operation of racial preference programs found
in the private and public sectors (Lerner & Nagai, 2000). The concept is prevalent in the realm of education; one example is that racial favoritism has colored admissions at the
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