California V Blakee Case Analysis

When Affirmative Action first came into existence, it was not well received. A lot of scholars did not believe it was necessary. A scholar specifically named Thomas Sowell believed that Affirmative Action had a reversed outcome than what the creators had intended. He asserts that “Policies initiated to help the disadvantaged ended up helping the privileged within the preferred groups instead. Policies intended to insure intergroup harmony led to intergroup resentments and violence.” Also he asserts that Affirmative action was not needed because African Americans were already receiving good jobs. Sowell also asserts that since African Americans received an education, they were hired at more corporations. Even though African Americans are well …show more content…
Blakee. In the Santa Clara Law review, the author Stephen Blea asserts that the Court of Appeals president on this case is “In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke the Court held a governmental entity must have a compelling interest in racial classifications if not implemented with the intention of remedying purposeful discrimination.” Blea is asserting that the policies on race are intact as a solution to discrimination. These policies are also in place to ensure that minorities do have an equal opportunity when it comes to education. In the California v. Blakee case which took place in 1978, a Student named Alan Blakee who was a white male was denied admission twice into the California Davis School of Medicine. Blakee later learned that minorities with lower qualifications than Blakee were granted admission to the School because of the quota at the California at Davis School of Medicine. Eventually Justice Powell of the Supreme court ruled that the quota at the California School of Medicine was unconstitutional. The fact that there were differences in the Fisher v. University of Texas and the California V. Blakee case left people into determining if Justice Powell’s decision was …show more content…
What Williams means by the credential gap is African Americans have lower LSAT score than their white counterparts. For example, the LSAC websites has data that states that African American females score an average 141. 43 out of 180 while white females scored 151.98 out of 180 in the years 2011-2012. The data also shows that African American males scored 142.54 out of one 180 while white males scored 151.75 out of 180 This data on the LSAC website shows that whites tend to pout perform African Americans than their white counter parts. Williams is also asserting that another argument on why affirmative action is opposed is because when African Americans are admitted into law schools they perform lower than the median of the other students. Which means that African Americans should go to a law school where the “credential gap” is smaller. The Mitch match hypothesis is one of the reasons why law schools are not