Gratz V. Bollinger

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When I was born, the President of the United States was George W. Bush. George W. Bush is mostly remembered for being the President during the 9/11 terrorist attacks and for the 9/11 conspiracy theory that led to the famous internet catchphrase, “Bush did 9/11.” This phrase is often used jokingly to imply that the former president is the perpetrator behind the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. Aside from that, he was also president during the time of the capture of Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s former president, who was sentenced to death for willful killing, illegal imprisonment, deportation, and torture. This was considered a major victory for Americans and an end to one of the most intensive manhunts in history. "And now the former dictator …show more content…
Supreme Court decision known as Gratz v. Bollinger. It was appealed from the Federal District Court, which granted the Supreme Court appellate jurisdiction. The story involves two caucasian students who applied for admission to the University of Michigan, but were denied because the University favored underrepresented minorities. Both of the students claimed that doing so violated a section of the 14th amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court ruled 6-3, with a majority believing that the University’s use of racial preferences in admissions violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment and the Civil Rights Act. I do not agree with the majority opinion because I do not believe in the concept that caucasian individuals can experience racism. There is a difference between racism and prejudice. You see, in order for racism to exist, it must be backed by systemic oppression. That means that in order for something to be racist against a white person, it would have to be said somewhere they represent an abused and unpopular minority. This University was only doing genuine victims of racism a favor by encouraging them to pursue an education in a country where it is predominantly white people who have the privilege to do so. Therefore, I firmly believe that the university should not be obligated to change their …show more content…
At the time of my first birthday, in 2003, the top song of the year was “Lose yourself,” by Eminem, which was written for the hit movie 8 mile. However, that was not the top film at the time. The most popular movie in October of 2003 was actually Scary Movie 3. My birthday is also a seemingly important date for countless historic events, including the birthday of an influential American philosopher, John Dewey, whose birthday falls on the same day as mine in 1859. On this day, a U.S. citizen who served in the Army also pleaded guilty in New York to helping plan the United States Embassy bombings in Africa that consequently killed 224
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