Just as schools and colleges are starting to hire more black and female faculty members through affirmative action programs, there is a new battle cry on the civil rights front: "reverse discrimination." Qualified whites claim they are being shoved aside in the scramble for less-qualified blacks, Chicanos, American Indians, and members of other…

Provides a discussion of the negative impact of the Bakke case on affirmative action. Includes ideas about legislative strategies to vindicate special-admissions and categorical-aid programs. Presented at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D. C., March, 1977. (DOW)

The arguments in favor of preferential treatment for some groups are faulty. An examination of these arguments is included. Although victims of discrimination should be helped, programs should promote race-, gender- or ethnically conscious hiring. Affirmative action has led to a increase in bureaucratically-caused discrimination. (PS)

The decision in the Bakke case will not only affect affirmative action programs in education but in employment, housing, and other fields. Charges of "reverse racism" are being used to reverse the limited gains made in two decades. Affirmative action is necessary because institutional racism exists in our society. (SW)

Discusses reasons for the repeal of government-mandated racial quotas and why this is gaining support from the American people. The author highlights the reason affirmative action is important and why it does not lend itself to bureaucratic oversight in the form of quotas, goals, or timetables. (GR)

The Regents of the University of California present the following as part of their argument with regard to the Supreme Court case concerning minority group admissions policies at the Davis medical school: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 leaves State universities receiving Federal funds free to provide more nearly equal educational…

Determines the impact of affirmative action programs in response to charges that they are policies of reverse discrimination. Reviewing affirmative action programs submitted by Michigan State departments, researchers determined no reverse discrimination was apparent based on low numbers of reverse discrimination complaints filed by whites. (GR)

The Regents of the University of California v. Bakke case in the U.S. Supreme Court and background information on the previous cases in California are presented. Allan Bakke is a white male who applied to the Davis medical school in both 1973 and 1974 and was refused admission even though admission slots under the college's special admissions…

Describes the evolution of "race-norming," or "within-group scoring," the practice by which job candidates' scores on employment tests are reported relative to comparison groups of their own race or ethnicity. Contends that race-norming fosters group rather than individual rights and perpetuates the inequality it intends to…

This book tells the story of the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), which became Proposition 209. This initiative promised to end the use of race and gender preferences in state employment, contracting, and education. The complex motivations and maneuvers of the people, organizations, and political parties involved in the effort to end…

Rebuts the view of history in Nathan Glazer's "Affirmative Discrimination: Ethnic Inequality and Public Policy," a work which is said to spearhead anti-affirmative action scholarship. Asserts that publicly supported universities may find their legitimacy questioned unless they integrate student bodies and help ensure greater employment…

This brief analyzes a recent shift in the U.S. Department of Education's policy on minority designated scholarships and explores the issues in the national debate on these scholarships. An overview of the controversy notes the Title VI section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that outlaws racial discrimination where federal funds are received. A…

An analysis is presented of the "Bakke" decision and the several opinions of the Supreme Court Justices. The principal issue presented by the case is whether a higher education institution using a selective admission program may adjust that program by giving explicit preference to qualified members of identified racial or ethnic groups…

Challenges to civil rights and affirmative action in the 1990s are identified. Five cases of racial, sex, ethnic, and reverse discrimination behind the Civil Rights bills of 1990 and 1991 are discussed. The ultimate challenge is to demonstrate that if civil rights litigants win, others need not lose. (SLD)