1. Affirmative Action: Unequal Protection
By: Leah Barnas, Natalie Capatina, Yazmin Gerardo, and  Megan Nadolski
Affirmative Action: Unequal Protection

2. Affirmative Action
A policy favoring those who fall into discrimination
Minorities

3. Who is a minority?

4. Mr. Powers vs. Mr. Graglia
Mr. Powers thinks that “race as one factor in an overall holistic view of the candidate” helps the university build a diverse campus, an achievement which has “an educational value for all of our students
Mr. Graglia thinks “lowering standards to admit members of preferred groups is a bad idea”.

5. Debate Opportunities for minorities Diversity Equal opportunities
For affirmative action
Against Affirmative action
Opportunities for minorities
Diversity
Equal opportunities
Discrimination

6. Decision Making Original policy Appellate Judge decision
Abigail Fisher in Supreme Court Ruling

7. Non-Discrimination States banned How many are affected? Acts passed
What’s its purpose?

8. Diverse Opinions
Shift in goals: Remedying social justice to fostering diversity
Asian-American vs. Minorities
Effects if Supreme Court forbids race-conscious admissions

10. Diverse Opinions Continued
Black students who take challenging courses in college often drop out and those who go to law school often fail their bar exam
Texas banned race-conscious entries of colleges and found that the results for Hispanic or African Americans entry was the same or greater to when they did not ban race conscious entries 
Mr. Taylor and Mr. Sander think that instead of looking at race, they need to find the poor students who stand out and are very academically smart.
Take them over looking for the diversity balance

11. Discussion What are your thoughts on affirmative action?
Do you think it’s worth continuing to spend money on scholarships and take enrollment of minorities who, in some cases, are not academically capable to perform at those schools? If so, why?
If affirmative action was banned, what would happen to the economy and those people who would no longer be admitted? Should we be concerned with them falling back into poverty?
What do you think about basing admission off socio-economic status versus race?

12. Sources
“Affirmative Action: Unequal Protection.” The Economist. 27 April Web. 4 May
“UT-Austin Diversity.” Photo. The Economist Newspaper 27 April May
Perry, Mark. “Medical School Acceptance Rates.” Photo chart. Carpe Diem 11 February May
Fair Representation. “Abigail Fisher vs. University of Texas at Austin.” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 4 September Web. 6 May
“Politics in American Popular Culture.” Photo. The Institute for the Study of American Popular Culture May

13. Sources Continued
Wilson, Mark. “Why We Still Need Affirmative Action.” Photo. Time Ideas 12 October May
Selbert, Roger. “The Future of Affirmative Action.” Photo. New Geography 6 Novermber May