Bakke decision
/ˈbæki dɪsɪʒn/
/ˈbæki dɪsɪʒn/
- an important ruling made by the US Supreme Court in 1978. A white man called Allan Bakke claimed that he had been illegally refused a job because of his colour. The Court decided that the employers had acted illegally in not offering him the job, but that employers did have a right to consider somebody's race when deciding whether to give them a job.
Bakke判决：1978年美国最高法院作出的一项重要裁定。一个叫Allan Bakke的白人声称他因肤色而被非法拒绝工作。法院裁定，雇主没有为他提供工作是非法行为，但雇主在决定是否给他们工作时确实有权考虑某人的种族。