Video Quiz: Affirmative Action for College

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. The argument that a quota system for minority applicants is justified because economic conditions (like household income or secondary schools) systematically disadvantaged only previously discriminated against ethnic groups best reflects the logic of

De jure discrimination correct incorrect

The free rider problem correct incorrect

De facto discrimination correct incorrect

Jim Crow laws correct incorrect

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. Based on the ruling in Bakke, which of the following affirmative action programs is least likely to be found constitutional?

A program allowing race to be used as one among many factors in admission correct incorrect

A points-based admissions program allowing ethnic minority applicants extra points correct incorrect

A program requiring at least one admitted ethnic minority in each matriculating class correct incorrect

A program that does not consider ethnic minority status at all correct incorrect

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. What's the irony of the equal protection claim submitted by Bakke?

Traditionally used to end discrimination of racial minorities by state governments during the civil rights era, Bakke argued that he was being treated unequally as a white man correct incorrect

The Supreme Court had invalidated the Equal Protection Clause in the Brown v. Board of Education twenty years earlier correct incorrect

The Equal Protection Clause had traditionally been used to end discrimination at the federal level, and Bakke was discriminated against by a state university correct incorrect

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 relied on the Commerce Clause, not the Equal Protection Clause, to justify its jurisdiction correct incorrect

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. What best distinguishes the constitutional affirmative action question of Bakke from the 2019 Harvard affirmative action program discussed in the textbook?

While both Bakke and Harvard use a quota system to give preferential treatment to minority applicants, Harvard adjusts the quota annually correct incorrect

While Bakke involved the unequal treatment of a white male, the Harvard program preferences some minority applicants (Blacks and Latinos) over other minority applicants (Asians) correct incorrect

While Bakke involved an attempt to end de jure discrimination, the Harvard program involves an attempt to end de facto discrimination correct incorrect

While Bakke used affirmative action to remedy racial and ethnic disparities, the Harvard program uses affirmative action to remedy gender and age discrimination correct incorrect