I’m working on a column about the controversy brewing at UC San Diego since last month. A group of white UCSD students held an off-campus “ghetto” party that offended some blacks, and a student-run TV station used a racial slur. Consequently, the students have come up with a list of race-based “demands” for the school. Sounds 60s, doesn’t it?
The party was organized by a black comedian calling himself Jiggaboo Jones. He’s superfluous to the mainstream media narrative on the issue, so ignore him.
Among the demands are race-based admissions, hiring, and funding. One problem: California voters barred their government from discriminating against and preferring individuals or groups based on factors like race.
The American Civil Rights Institute‘s Ward Connerly, the man behind the California measure, will review the agreement between the students and the school to determine whether they violate state law. An excerpt:
“Blacks make up just 2 percent of the student body at the La Jolla campus … ‘There just aren’t enough black kids who are academically prepared to go to UC San Diego,’ Connerly said.
“He said members of the Black Student Union would do the most good by going to churches and other organizations in their communities, emphasizing education to younger children to make them academically competitive when the time comes to apply to college.”
There’s no glamour in that, Mr. Connerly, and it’s too much work. Great idea, though. Protesting and demanding race-based entitlements make the heart race.
More to come.
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