3.8 Assigned Videos- Equal Protection II- Reverse Discrimination-Higher Education

Reverse discrimination is discrimination Links to an external site. against members of a dominant or majority group or in favor of members of a minority or historically disadvantaged group. Groups may be defined in terms of race Links to an external site., gender Links to an external site., ethnicity Links to an external site., or other factors. This discrimination may seek to redress social inequalities Links to an external site. where minority groups have been denied access to the same privileges of the majority group. In such cases it is intended to remove discrimination that minority groups may already face. The label reverse discrimination may also be used to highlight the discrimination inherent in affirmative action Links to an external site. programs. Reverse discrimination can be defined as the unequal treatment of members of the majority groups resulting from preferential policies, as in college admissions or employment, intended to remedy earlier discrimination against minorities. Conceptualizing efforts as reverse discrimination began to become popular in the early-mid-1970s, the time period that focused on underrepresentation and affirmative action intended to remedy the effects of past discrimination.

Equal Protection in Higher Education Admissions:

• Bakke v. Regents of the University of California Links to an external site. (1977)
• Grutter v. Bollinger Links to an external site.(2002) -Race as a factor of admission in graduate admissions.
• Gratz v. Links to an external site. Bollinger Links to an external site. (2003) Race as a factor of admission in undergraduate admissions.
• Fisher v. University of Texas (2016) Current standing on race as a factor of undergraduate admissions.