Black lawver to discuss reverse discrimination suit
The night before the Alan Bakke reverse discrimination case goes to the U.S. Supreme Court next month, Walter Lumard, president of Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., will speak at the University of Kansas about the case.
Bakke, who is white, has charged that the University of California at Davis Medical School has practiced rivalry with recently students. Bakke was rejected by the school twice.
At a noon forum the same day, Oct. 11,
Leonard, a black attorney and former
assistant to the president of Harvard
University, will discuss the case with KU law students and faculty.
law students and faculty.
Leonard's appearance is sponsored by the Black-American Law Students Association (BALSA).
"We're very fortunate to have Leonard come to KU," Ddeborah Malson, president of BALSA, said yesterday.
"We're very concerned about the Bakke case. An unfavorable ruling could certainly have adverse effects on admission of blacks and other minorities to professional
action issues also will be discussed in six workshops Oct. 3 in the Kansan Union.
The workshops are being sponsored by
the National Association of Social Welfare,
students from the school of Social Welfare.
The national BASA has asked that Oct. be a day of nationwide student support for affirmative action programs.
Eleanor Burchell, coordinator for KU-Y, said, "Our interest is in educating the University community about affirmative action regardless of the decision in the Bakke case.
section in the bank line "There are some racist feelings arising
from the Bakke case that need to be challenged," she said.
Mallson said that the Bakke case and affirmative action programs had been well addressed.
mismatch, "Most people think that unqualified minority students are displacing whites, but that's not the case," she said.
"I DON'T KNOW what can be done about the misunderstandings except to attempt to educate, and that's what the workshops are for," she said.
or," she said.
"We want to help people understand what affirmative action is, what its goals are," she said.
The workshops will be held from 1:30 to 7
Burchill said, "In addition to the workshop on reverse bonding, Bonnie Ritter, director of the Affirmative Action Office, will conduct a workshop on affirmative action programs and the new KU affirmative action plan to be released this week.
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