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Top Ten Percent Law
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So many challenges have faced college admission as universities in Virginia State have adopted the top ten percent rule that only guarantees students who graduated in the top ten percentile from their high schools to get an automatic admission to public universities (Charleston 2). This law serves as a transition from a race- based policy that had been in use known as the affirmative action. This rule has shown to benefit the minority in the American states. The supporters of this law argue that it ensures geographic and ethnic diversity in universities (Anderson 23). Moreover, the performance has been improved since the adoption of the law. The top ten percent …show more content…
The Equal Protection Clause is covered in the Fourteenth Amendment with the provision that no state shall deny to any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws (Chapa 182). Every citizen deserves equal protection under the law regardless of their race or their geographical locations. This clause was to be applied to all states. However, since the ratification of the clause, it has been challenged by people in the Supreme Court. For instance, Plessy responded to the U.S. Supreme Court case that memorialized the separate but equal claim that was decided in 1896. The case supported laws that enforced discrimination and segregation in schools, commercial establishments, and modes of transportation. The ruling of the Supreme Court was that this was not covered under the equal protection clause and that the segregation and separation were constitutional as long as both were considered equal (Cortes 1110). Plessy allowed segregation that became standard in all the states. Both the whites and the blacks were supposed to receive the same public services such as schools and hospital facilities, but these amenities were to be different from each race. It was evident that in reality, the facilities reserved for the African-Americans were of low quality as compared to those of the whites. Therefore, it is clear that the separate but equal doctrine was not upheld because the minority was …show more content…
He viewed this as a form of racial discrimination that denied the people equal opportunities to public services. His interpretation of the equal protection clause differently replaced Plessy opinions and thus institutions like schools were to be desegregated. According to the different actions and rulings of the Supreme Court on matters that affected the Equal Protection Clause, it is evident that the doctrine of “separate but equal” is color blind. This is because though the law advocated that the people should be accorded equality regardless of their races, it was found that the facilities though different were not equal. The separate was not equal thus ignited the racial
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Top Ten Percent Law
Introduction
So many challenges have faced college admission as universities in Virginia State have adopted the top ten percent rule that only guarantees students who graduated in the top ten percentile from their high schools to get an automatic admission to public universities (Charleston 2). This law serves as a transition from a race- based policy that had been in use known as the affirmative action. This rule has shown to benefit the minority in the American states. The supporters of this law argue that it ensures geographic and ethnic diversity in universities (Anderson 23). Moreover, the performance has been improved since the adoption of the law. The top ten percent …show more content…
The Equal Protection Clause is covered in the Fourteenth Amendment with the provision that no state shall deny to any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws (Chapa 182). Every citizen deserves equal protection under the law regardless of their race or their geographical locations. This clause was to be applied to all states. However, since the ratification of the clause, it has been challenged by people in the Supreme Court. For instance, Plessy responded to the U.S. Supreme Court case that memorialized the separate but equal claim that was decided in 1896. The case supported laws that enforced discrimination and segregation in schools, commercial establishments, and modes of transportation. The ruling of the Supreme Court was that this was not covered under the equal protection clause and that the segregation and separation were constitutional as long as both were considered equal (Cortes 1110). Plessy allowed segregation that became standard in all the states. Both the whites and the blacks were supposed to receive the same public services such as schools and hospital facilities, but these amenities were to be different from each race. It was evident that in reality, the facilities reserved for the African-Americans were of low quality as compared to those of the whites. Therefore, it is clear that the separate but equal doctrine was not upheld because the minority was …show more content…
He viewed this as a form of racial discrimination that denied the people equal opportunities to public services. His interpretation of the equal protection clause differently replaced Plessy opinions and thus institutions like schools were to be desegregated. According to the different actions and rulings of the Supreme Court on matters that affected the Equal Protection Clause, it is evident that the doctrine of “separate but equal” is color blind. This is because though the law advocated that the people should be accorded equality regardless of their races, it was found that the facilities though different were not equal. The separate was not equal thus ignited the racial