Why was the issue in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) sometimes called "reverse discrimination"?

Bakke was rejected after he had been accepted at medical school.
Bakke was a white male who had better grades than some minority applicants.
The university had set aside a certain number of spots for white applicants.
The university had set aside more spots for minorities than for white applicants

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Why was the issue in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) sometimes called "reverse discrimination"?

 Bakke was rejected after he had been accepted at medical school.
 Bakke was a white male who had better grades than some minority applicants.
 The university had set aside a certain number of spots for white applicants.
 The university had set aside more spots for minorities than for white applicants

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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978) was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that ruled unconstitutional the admission process of the Medical School at the University of California at Davis, which set aside 16 of the 100 seats for "Blacks," "Chicanos," "Asians," and "American Indians"