Reverse Discrimination Case Study

Identify and describe the specific issues that Maalick encountered in the workplace. Do the actions of other workers at Trenton represent discrimination and harassment? What elements of laws are important for Trenton to consider?

In 1973 a thirty-three year-old Caucasian male named Allan Bakke applied to and was denied admission to the University of California Medical School at Davis. In 1974 he filed another application and was once again rejected, even though his test scores were considerably higher than various minorities that were admitted under a special program. This special program specified that 16 out of 100 possible spaces for the students in the medical program were set aside solely for minorities, while the other 84 slots were for anyone who qualified, including minorities. What happened to Bakke is known as reverse discrimination. Bakke felt his rejections to be violations of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th

Lately the United States media has been focused on the unfair treatment many people receive based on their skin tone, whether it is the recent police brutality against African Americans or the focuses the 2018 presidential election has put on illegal immigration. Unfortunately the media has avidly avoided any subject that may be considered reverse discrimination also known as reverse racism. Reverse discrimination is a phenomenon in which members of majority groups receive unfair treatment in attempt to remedy earlier discrimination against minorities. Many people believe that reverse discrimination is becoming more prevalent part of modern society, by creating equal opportunity’s this issue can be easily reduced.

“Walmart to ban woman who told customer to 'go back to Mexico,' called another the N-word”(O’Sullivan 1). This is unfortunately the headline of a recent hateful event that happened in Arkansas, United States.

Finally, the police demonstrated racial bias during this case, however, this did not go without notice as Ellis was eventually freed and received a new trial. The area that Mulligan was killed in may not have been the safest, and accusing an African American teenager of killing a police officer in a dangerous neighborhood is almost expected. Ellis fits the bill for Acerra’s, Brazil’s, Robinson’s, and Mulligan’s criteria of a stereotypical, street thug that hated the police and liked to cause trouble. However, on June 3, 2015, Ellis was freed from prison and released on $50,000 bail, with the remaining murder charge still in effect (Associated Press, 2015, para. 2). In addition, on September 9, 2016, Ellis was granted approval for a fourth

Disparate treatment may range from obvious discrimination, to subtle differences in treatment. Documination may be needed to file a complaint with the employment division in her state, based on discrimination by disparate treatment. Keeping a paper trail of documented issues in regards to discrimination is very important because these cases can lead to legal actions.

Reverse discrimination first gained notoriety in the 1970’s and has blossomed into a serious concern as to whether the protection of minorities discriminates against the majority (Does Affirmative, 2009). The affirmative action law was written to protect individuals of all races not just minorities. Managers should be educated on the positive impact of discrimination through professional development trainings and seminars, implementing white papers is a great way to deal with discrimination in the workplace. Meritocracy and diversity often seem to be at odds and a certain tension arises when the two are considered when hiring decisions are made (Walton, Spencer, & Erman, 2013). Jerry Falwell Sr. once said your greatest opportunity is often

In the middle of this debate, we have the moderate. They tend to want to compromise between both views and try to take the golden mean of any political issue. A reflection of this compromising trait would be to take race and sex out of the equation and “considering socioeconomic status” (Potter 2013). Since the target of the Liberals is to help the disadvantaged, lower classes blacks and hispanics, then why not make is for all races in that class to help please the Conservative more since reverse discrimination “reverse discrimination” (Williams 2017). This can be seen in places like Oklahoma with their “State Question 759” where they made it illegal to take race, sex, color, national origin,religion, or sexual orientation...” into considering

This paper is about the similarities and differences of individual and institutional discrimination. In this research paper it will discuss comparing and contrasting between the two types of discrimination and what type of discrimination is common in the United States.

America: a bright shining country of freedom and happiness, a place where countless have traveled long hard days just for a chance to live in the home of the free. Where the people hold the power. The power to vote, power to pick where, how and, why you live. Where people born with nothing can one day have everything, no matter where you were born or what race or gender you are. Then again when you pull back the curtain you see the ugly truth that the American dream is not realistic, you see people giving it there all but not getting what they want because of their race or gender or whatever else we consider as not satisfactory here in America.

In this case the Plaintiff alleged reverse discrimination when she was not hired for a job at Saginaw Valley State University. The position in which the plaintiff applied was for the Coordinator of Campus Recreation position. According to Pilon v. SVSU & Thompson (2003) the primary job functions for this position are as follows, “Plan, develop, promote, direct and supervise all facets of the Campus Recreation Program and the SVSU Athletic Summer Camp Program.” Other essential roles and responsibilities were, according to Pilon v. SVSU & Thompson (2003), “Plan and implement a program of team and individual intramural sports and indoor/outdoor recreational activities for the entire university community.” The applicant would coordinate all aspects of the SVSU Athletic Summer Camps. They would also be in charge of hiring, training, and assisting all student employees within the recreation facility. They also have the responsibilities of setting up and meet regularly with advisory committee, and also assist with administration of the recreation budget, and inventories.

Throughout the movie trailer “Remember the Titans”, we can conclude that the objective of the coach and the team is to win their first season championship game. Winning is the main point of sports and one of the way that sports team help in diminishing race discrimination is actually by sharing the same goal. This view is further supported by Gregory Kaliss in his book, “Men’s College Athletic and the Politics of Racial Equality: Five Pioneer Stories of Black Manliness, White Citizenship, and American Democracy”, where he said that the athletes can unite since they all share the same goal (175). Kaliss also further proved that in all of his five case studies; on some level, validated the argument that different races can work together and achieve

This particular case is very unique because it’s a very theoretical argument in some ways. The student won his case originally and was allowed to attend law school. His argument of reverse discrimination was found to have merit because he was not admitted to the University of Washington state law school but other less qualified students were. Those students happened to be minority students. So the trial court in 1971 ordered that he be admitted to the university. Then in his second year the judge’s decision in this case was reversed by the state’s high court. Which seems pointless to me because he has already been admitted and been working o earning his degree for almost two years. I understand clearly evidence was found that caused the

The Human Resource department continues to be challenged with the grooming policies that are in place in many organizations. In the case of Mr. Polk, he is much like many others that want to be able to express themselves in representation of their beliefs. However, he did violate the grooming policy and to allow him to be in violation is a reverse discrimination to others that stay in compliance. In this situation, Fedex clearly had a grooming policy of “reasonable style”(Bernadine & Joyce, 2012). According to the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, preferential treatment can not be given to an employee on the basis of race, color, religion, sex and national origin (Underwood, 2016). Mr. Polk chose to challenge this grooming policy based

Throughout American history, there have been many examples of discrimination against minorities and women. Most of which that range from admissions to hiring policies. With the establishment of affirmative action, most do not perceive the reality of how it continues to demonstrate the idea of discrimination. Rather than being discriminated against the minorities, affirmative action is a perception of reverse discrimination against the majority dominant group; therefor affirmative action should be abolished from the United States.