Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) was a Supreme Court case that

a. created affirmative action quotas for all medical schools.
b. rejected the outright use of racial quotas in college admissions but allowed race to be used as one of several factors in admissions.
c. required that a quota for white students be used if there is also an existing quota for non-whites.
d. required racial quotas for all college admission procedures.
e. identified and prohibited the process of “reverse discrimination.”


ANS: B

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