The SCOTUS case that means the most to me out of all the cases that my class researched was the Grutter v. Bollinger. The case came before the court in 1997. It's about how a women was deprived of her admission to Michigan Law School because she was white. The court ruled that schools had the right to base some of their decision on race/ ethnicity. The court also ruled that they had probably based a heavy part of her decision in qualification, work ethic, and academics. The school even admitted that they did that but it was okay. In my opinion, I really don't think that school should do that as much as they do unless it is a historically white school or historically black school. The impact that this case had on America is that many other schools embraced this idea more. It had had a different impact on me though.
The case made me realize that my choice in universities might not treat me the same as another student or a different race. I am a smart person, so I'm looking to go to an Ivy League school. I've researched many of the schools, and most of the population of the school is white. The smallest percentage is usually Black/ African American, or Hispanic. I got a little worried because I was thinking about those percentages. The law meant that they had a chance to pick a white person over me even if we had the same exact grades. They have the power to keep the white race a majority and all of the others minorities, even the other way around, as this case went. When I think about it, it makes me a little upset that I have to work twice as hard as the next person to stand out from the crowd and get into a college that people like me don't usually get into, let alone apply to. This case makes me realize that life isn't fair and sometimes you have to hard for what you want.
