... . The second significant court case involving affirmative action occurred more recently. In nineteen ninety-six, a forty-three year old mother named Barbara Grutter applied to the University of Michigan law school. Grutter was not admitted into the school based on its racial preferences. The following year in nineteen ninety-seven, two other white students with good grades and high SAT ... if they are to make up at least five to ten percent- the usual objective- of the entering class of selective colleges and universities. Therefore, at the University of Michigan Law School, for example, ...

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... . The second significant court case involving affirmative action occurred more recently. In nineteen ninety-six, a forty-three year old mother named Barbara Grutter applied to the University of Michigan law school. Grutter was not admitted into the school based on its racial preferences. The following year in nineteen ninety-seven, two other white students with good grades and high SAT ... if they are to make up at least five to ten percent- the usual objective- of the entering class of selective colleges and universities. Therefore, at the University of Michigan Law School, for example, ...

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... the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment" The clause reads as follows: "...No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor without due process of the law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."(The Columbia Encyclopedia) This court case exemplifies ... it set out to, it raised the number of minorities enrolled in colleges and employed in businesses across the nation. The problem arises when time is considered as a factor. The law was created to stop the racis...

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... was a policy that was brought about as an attempt to bring reconciliation after the civil rights movement of the 1960's. The initial principal that birthed Affirmative Action as a policy or law of the land, was to create a means by which America could right the wrongs of the impact of 245 years of slavery, as well as the impact that other kinds ... are the measurable. These very differences help to shape and mold our values, outlook, determination and purpose. Throughout the life span of our young country there have been millions of unjust incidences of discrimination, wrong doings and ...

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