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Has Ed Hernandez Read Prop 209?

September 2, 2011

Earlier this year, California state senator Ed Hernandez introduced SB 185, a bill that would require the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) to consider race and other non-academic factors in admissions “so long as no preference is given.” Despite a constitutional amendment that bars the government from discriminating against or granting [...]

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BAMN at Berkeley

August 30, 2011

The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrants Rights And Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (don’t laugh—they’re serious), a group that believes racial minorities have a constitutional right to preferential treatment and race-neutral government creates a racial caste system, is teaching a two-unit class at the University of California at Berkeley. You [...]

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Is Race-Neutral Government At Risk in California?

July 12, 2011

Here’s a shocker: California governor Jerry Brown supports the lawsuit against the state’s constitutional amendment that mandates racial neutrality in government employment, contacting, and education. In Coral Construction v. City Of San Francisco, a case in which two contractors challenged San Francisco’s race-based preferential treatment ordinance, Brown submitted a letter in favor of the discriminatory [...]

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California Legislators Still Pushing Preferences

May 10, 2011

In February, California state senator Ed Hernandez introduced SB 185, a bill that would require the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) to consider race and other non-academic factors in admissions “so long as no preference is given.” When a school factors in race, even when deciding a single placement, an individual [...]

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Governor Schwarzenegger Vetoes Preferences Bill

October 20, 2010

Earlier this year, California legislators introduced AB 2047, a bill that would effectively reintroduce racial preferences in college admissions by authorizing the University of California and California State University to consider race, ethnicity, sex, national origin, and “other relevant factors” in undergraduate and graduate admissions. In 1996, California voters barred their government from racial discrimination [...]

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Ward Connerly Quoted Re: UCSD Diversity Story

August 2, 2010

The American Civil Rights Institute‘s Ward Connerly was quoted in a story about the diversity of transfer students to the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). From San Diego Union-Tribune: UCSD is set to receive a “record number” of transfer students mostly from community colleges, which will increase “diversity” on campus. The director of [...]

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UC Post-Proposition 209

July 20, 2010

Racial preferences opponents David Lehrer and Joe Hicks co-authored an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, titled, “UC proves Prop. 209′s point.” “As proponents of Proposition 209 in 1996, we could only have hoped that the ‘underrepresented’ minorities at the center of the debate would ultimately be admitted to the UC — without preferences — [...]

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Jennifer Gratz Testifies Against AB 2047

July 8, 2010

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 [...]

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Linda Chavez on UC’s War on SATs

April 26, 2010

Last year, the University of California’s (UC) Board of Regents voted to eliminate the requirement for applicants to take two SAT subject tests. Effective 2012, applicants with a GPA of 3.0 or higher who’ve completed at least 11 of 15 required college prep courses by their junior year and taken the ACT with Writing or [...]

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Holistic Review Rears Its Ugly Head

March 30, 2010

Based on a handful of incidents by a handful of idiots, the University of California is considering lowering admissions standards to increase “diversity” on campus, otherwise known as “holistic review.” The notion of holistic review is to consider the whole person, that is, the person’s life experiences. “I want a system that more effectively considers [...]