ACA-7 passed the state Assembly in September and sits before the Democrat-controlled Senate. If approved there, it would be put before voters this November.
The bill would effectively allow the governor to circumvent the state’s longstanding ban on racial preferences first passed by a majority of voters in 1996 with Proposition 209 and reaffirmed in a 2020 referendum.
The measure would allow the governor to use the state’s coffers to fund research-based or culturally specific programs if they increase the “life expectancy of, improving educational outcomes for, or lifting out of poverty specific groups based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, or marginalized genders, sexes, or sexual orientations.”
Calif. Assemblymember Corey Jackson, who sponsored the bill, stated in a news release his proposal would address “systemic disparities” and “create positive change and improve outcomes for those disproportionately affected by systemic racism and discrimination.”
But in practical terms, it could pave the way for free tuition for black students and other perceived marginalized communities, said Gail Heriot, a University of San Diego law professor who leads the No on ACA-7 effort.
If race blind admissions laws hurt admissions rate for minorities, wouldn't the solution be to better prepare minorities for college? We need to focus on the root causes for minorities not scoring well on admission criteria.
@IngeniousMeerkatSocialist2mos2MO
Do you know that 43 percent of white students admitted to Harvard got in through legacy, sons/daughters of donors/faculty or through affluent sports like Squash and Lacrosse? Does this seem like merit to you?
Onerous as it is, legacy admission to college is no more offensive than demanding millions because one's great-great-great ancestors were enslaved by their own people.
@IngeniousMeerkatSocialist2mos2MO
Yes because there have been no government policies since slavery that have adverserly affected black people. Hint - check out GI bill and racists FHA policies white americans used to build the middle class. I will give you one guess what group was excluded....
@SteadfastJerkyGreen2mos2MO
An elementary teacher friend of my wife's started her career in East Oakland at a predominantly black elementary school. She had great hopes for the impact she could have. As a white teacher she was told repeatedly that she shouldn't be teaching black kids and when, after seven years, the threats of violence from students reached the point where the teachers had to be escorted to their cars at the end of the day, she left.
@NeedfulL3gislat1veForward2mos2MO
Better be careful here, you're about to be labeled a bigot.
To prepare minorities for college (and success) would need an admission by the "Progressive" Left that culture (or lack of) is the primary driver for failure in our inner cities, not poverty. Until we begin to address the culture, no amount of Affirmative Action and DEI will bring lasting success.
@M0deratePigletLibertarian2mos2MO
how about school choice which a large amount of minorities support but the teachers unions and dems hate.
@JackrabbitDickLibertarian2mos2MO
Attempting to address racial discrepancies at the level of higher education was always a lost cause. It attempts to correct a poorly constructed building beginning with the roof. The whole educational system is broken from the start by forcing poor students to stay in schools that fail completely to educate their students throughout their lives. Fix elementary and high school education and higher education without affirmative action will take of itself.
@ApricotsDonRepublican2mos2MO
I agree. I love your analogy to a building, but you could add that the foundation is the family. The liberals do not seem to understand that families are necessary to help the children get a good foundational education.
@CowSidLibertarian2mos2MO
Thats pretty racist
@CardinalEmmaRepublican2mos2MO
Racism only counts if it’s against blacks.
@SugarySnailGreen2mos2MO
If they just made this a bill to provide it to people in poverty they would be on the right track.
Pretty sure a rich black kid does not need free college but a poor black, brown, asian, or white kid might.
@ExcitedPeacockSocialist2mos2MO
Well, few will qualify because they can't pass the tests. So, it will cost nothing in the long run for students and the racist white democrat administrators of the program will get to steal all the funds.
@ISIDEWITH2mos2MO
@9JZF6382mos2MO
Why are we accepting people based on race and not qualifications? That is unfair.
@DiplomatLocustRepublican2mos2MO
Including the ones that just crossed the border?
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