Reader Opinion Poll: The Bakke Case and Affirmative Action
Reader Opinion Poll: The Bakke Case and Affirmative Action Background: The "Bakke Case" began with a suit filed in June 1974 by Mr. Allan Bakke, a white applicant to the Medical School at the...
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...Supreme Court...
...yes ? no 4. In general, do you support the idea of affirmative action...
...Bakke charged that the Medical School had, in both 1973 and 1974, denied him admission solely because of his race...
...yes, the government has gone too far ? no, the government has not gone far enough ? government support "is now at a good level 9. Do you consider yourself a ? liberal ? middle-of-the-road ? conservative 10...
...Allan Bakke, a white applicant to the Medical School at the University of California in Davis...
...1. Have you been following the Bakke case...
...yes ? no ? undecided 7. Do you think that affirmative action programs represent a threat to the interests of Jews...
...Constitution...
...yes ? no ? don't know 6. Do you think that the Jewish community should be active in expressing its opinion on this and similar cases...
...The Bakke case went to Superior Court in California, which ruled that the special admissions program was not open to white applicants, and was therefore in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S...
...The Medical School had a special admissions program, under which 16 of the 100 places in each class were reserved for those considered disadvantaged...
...The Medical School appealed the decision to the California Supreme Court, which also found the special admissions program unconstitutional...
...The case is now before the U.S...
...yes ? no 5. Do you feel that there is a significant difference between the idea of "goals" and the idea of "quotas...
...yes, closely ? yes, somewhat ? no, not at all 2. In general, do you feel that racial minorities have been the victims of illegal discrimination...
...yes ? no 3 In general, do you support government efforts to remedy the consequences of discrimination...
...yes ? no ? don't know 8 In general, do you think the government has gone too far in supporting the interests of disadvantaged minority groups...
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Vol. 3 • November 1977 • No. 1
