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Pros And Cons Of Reverse Discrimination

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Considering all legal actions that we can make chandler, there is no reverse discrimination here. There are many pros and cons to your claim and what the evidence provides does not in fact state any form of reverse discrimination. The reserved spots for the list are indeed people who are part of diverse backgrounds, and because you are not part of that criteria you do not qualify for the scholarship. However, it is not reverse discrimination because the requirements are self explanatory to why the credentials are not there. However, there should some form of financial aid to whoever needs it and in this case that is you. We could indeed sue for the school board for not telling us why you were not accepted considering that the community involvement is there and the spots that are filled are pretty diverse and they need to fill …show more content…

Because they are looking for someone to fill the spot it can go to you but, if there is another person that matches the diverse profile then they have the right due to the grant to take the money. Now, the school could have handled this better by just setting aside money for the students who actually needed the money and not just assuming that a person of color or difference needs the money to go on the trip. So the school in this instance is putting in practices that they are basing income off of race which is something that they can do but, it should not be their only factor in deciding who gets the scholarship. Considering since the majority of the population is actually white, the number of people with disability in that age group is 8 percent and on top of that someone has to fill the spot and the credentials are there besides of your diversity. A similar case is fisher vs Texas and within this case that she considered that they violated the 14th amendment because they should not base a college admission solely on race. For you, it is very similar

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