A Detailed Look at the Downside of California’s Ban on Affirmative Action
Ending racial preferences in a state university system harmed Black and Hispanic students while doing little to lift whites and Asian-Americans, a study asserts.
Article/Op-Ed in The New York Times
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Aug. 21, 2020
Kevin Carey wrote about an affirmative action ban in the state of California that harmed harmed Black and Hispanic students while not lifting whites and Asian-Americans, according to a groundbreaking new study.
Twenty-four years ago, California was consumed by debate over affirmative action. A charismatic Black businessman named Ward Connerly led support for Proposition 209, a ballot initiative to ban racial preferences in admission to the state’s world-renowned public universities. The measure passed with 55 percent of the vote and inspired similar changes in nearly a dozen other states.
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