Affirmative_Action

Affirmative Action Affirmative Action Prior to the teachings and ideals of affirmative action, the theories of Martin Luther King existed as a means of creating equality between the masses. Before the mid to late sixties, only the words of Mr. King acted as a threshold between discrimination between different classes of individuals. Currently, affirmative action may be said to be a child of the civil right’s movement, which began with Mr. King. Despite the fact that affirmative action, or better known as equity, was designed as a an aid for minorities, many groups today see it as a deterrence in present day social systems. Although the program was first initiated for positive purposes, any new form of movement, which involves favouritism of a certain race, comes along with the glaring eyes of a distrustful nation. A notable case is the 1978 Bakke decision involving the University of California’s rejection of the plaintiff’s application for entree into the University’s Medical Program. The plaintiff clearly noted that the University had previously reserved sixteen spaces for minority students in accordance with the affirmative action policy that the University followed. The plaintiff, a white male, brought up the issue that he affirmative, action, been, bakke, university, minorities, case, rights, racial, program, movement, discrimination, between, white, treatment, school, race, preferential, plaintiff, one, mr, misconception, medical, lowered, king, groups, free, fact, equity, decision, court, certain, caucasian, brought, believed