California V Bakke

     The court case of California V. Bakke was about a man who was denied admission to the Med program of his choice because he was too old. It is a known fact that back then older people were not as accepted into medical schools. Bakke was a 3.51 Merit Scholar. It made no sense as to why he was denied into the medical school. Men with lower GPA's were also admitted.
     Bakke challenged this decision and stated that race should not be the only factor that plays into a school creating diversity. Age and other factors should also play in. Bakke claimed that this was discrimination. Bakke stated that if the goal of the institution was to create diversity and this was only helping African Americans, was it really creating diversity? This is a concept that angered African Americans. They thought that whites were trying to find more reasons to not admit African Americans. This is illustrated in the picture below.
     The court decided not to strike down the broad principle of creating diversity but they stated that race can not and will not be the only factor to achieve it. The California side stated that this was not the only school using age as a factor. It is known that all medical schools were using age as a reason not to admit a person. They also would only consider a small amount of minorities. Medical schools are hard to get into. The two moot court teams did a wonderful job at showing what both sides had to say. I would have to agree with what the side defending Bakke had to say. Their agreement was the most backed up by facts.