Jennifer Gratz Testifies Against AB 2047
Here we go again. California voters barred their government from racial discrimination and preferences 14 years ago, but legislators don’t seem to care. These elected officials, who must uphold the state constitution, continue to try to circumvent it, without even trying to veil their attempts. Earlier this year, legislators introduced AB 2047, a bill that would effectively reintroduce racial preferences in college admissions:
Authorizes UC and CSU to consider race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, along with other relevant factors, in undergraduate and graduate admissions to the extent permitted by the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, including but not limited to the use of such data to obtain education benefit through the recruitment of a multi-factored, diverse student body as permitted by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Grutter v.Bollinger (2003) 539 U.S. 306.
Jennifer Gratz, the plaintiff in Gratz. v. Bollinger (2003), recently testified against AB 2047 before the Senate Education committee on June 30, 2010.
