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jon-nyc
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posted 25 June 2020 08:42 PM
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ACA 5 would repeal Proposition 209 (approved by California’s voters in November 1996) from the California Constitution, which states:

“The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the base of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting.”




Voters still get a say in November.


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posted 25 June 2020 11:35 PMHide Post
This clause was designed, if I recall correctly, to destroy affirmative action. I would not interpret this change as some plot by racists.
 
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posted 26 June 2020 12:18 AMHide Post
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Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
This clause was designed, if I recall correctly, to destroy affirmative action. I would not interpret this change as some plot by racists.


Why not? Confused


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posted 26 June 2020 12:44 AMHide Post
So people who favor some form of affirmative action are racist now ...
 
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posted 26 June 2020 10:12 AMHide Post
Yes, but you said designed to destroy it. Confused
 
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posted 26 June 2020 10:30 AMHide Post
Yes, the seemingly innocuous sounding amendment was a poison pill designed to force CA public universities to cut black enrollment by forcing them to use only "objective" measures like SAT scores, which even then were known to be biased toward whites and higher income families.
 
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posted 26 June 2020 10:32 AMHide Post
SF Chronicle piece

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California’s affirmative action ban, Proposition 209, targeted for repeal
 
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posted 26 June 2020 03:32 PMHide Post
Thanks for the clarification.
 
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