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The California Ban on Affirmative Action Is Causing Severe Damage to Black Opportunities in the Nation's Largest System of Higher Education
Just about everyone connected with affirmative action in higher education is under the impression that the California ban on preferences has done no damage to the educational opportunities of African Americans. Not so! One must read the statistics with care. There are powerful interests in California and elsewhere with the motivation to deceive the public.
Here are just a few examples of the continuing damage that the California ban on race-sensitive admissions is inflicting on African Americans' opportunities in higher education.
? In 1997, prior to the ban on race-sensitive admissions, 515 black students were admitted to the University of California at Berkeley. This spring 290 black students were admitted to Berkeley. This number of African-American admits is more than 43 percent lower than was the case prior to the ban on affirmative action. This is a severe setback for African Americans aspiring to the best that the California system has to offer.
? At the prestigious UCLA campus, the damage is almost as severe: 32 percent fewer black students were admitted this year than was the case in 1997 when race-sensitive admissions were still permitted in the University of California system.
? At the highly rated medical school of the University of California at San Diego, there is only one black student who is currently enrolled. This is down from 14 black students just three years ago.
? At one of the most prestigious medical schools in the country, at the University of California at San Francisco, black enrollments are down 31 percent over the past three years.
? The most severe damage from the bans on affirmative action has occurred at the University of California business schools that are now restricted from using race as a positive factor in the admissions process. At the business school at UCLA, black enrollments are down 42 percent from three years ago when many of the students enrolled were beneficiaries of race-based admissions.
At Berkeley's highly respected Haas School of Business, black enrollments have dropped 29 percent over the past three years.
In order to secure the enactment of further restrictions on African Americans to the best undergraduate and graduate programs in the University of California system, Ward Connerly goes on record assuring Americans that the California ban on affirmative action has done no damage to blacks.
Plainly, this is false. Once Ward Connerly is made to tell the truth, his ugly career may come to an end.
Th Journal of Blacks in Higher Education website
The California Ban on Affirmative Action Is Causing Severe Damage to Black Opportunities in the Nation's Largest System of Higher Education
Just about everyone connected with affirmative action in higher education is under the impression that the California ban on preferences has done no damage to the educational opportunities of African Americans. Not so! One must read the statistics with care. There are powerful interests in California and elsewhere with the motivation to deceive the public.
Here are just a few examples of the continuing damage that the California ban on race-sensitive admissions is inflicting on African Americans' opportunities in higher education.
? In 1997, prior to the ban on race-sensitive admissions, 515 black students were admitted to the University of California at Berkeley. This spring 290 black students were admitted to Berkeley. This number of African-American admits is more than 43 percent lower than was the case prior to the ban on affirmative action. This is a severe setback for African Americans aspiring to the best that the California system has to offer.
? At the prestigious UCLA campus, the damage is almost as severe: 32 percent fewer black students were admitted this year than was the case in 1997 when race-sensitive admissions were still permitted in the University of California system.
? At the highly rated medical school of the University of California at San Diego, there is only one black student who is currently enrolled. This is down from 14 black students just three years ago.
? At one of the most prestigious medical schools in the country, at the University of California at San Francisco, black enrollments are down 31 percent over the past three years.
? The most severe damage from the bans on affirmative action has occurred at the University of California business schools that are now restricted from using race as a positive factor in the admissions process. At the business school at UCLA, black enrollments are down 42 percent from three years ago when many of the students enrolled were beneficiaries of race-based admissions.
At Berkeley's highly respected Haas School of Business, black enrollments have dropped 29 percent over the past three years.
In order to secure the enactment of further restrictions on African Americans to the best undergraduate and graduate programs in the University of California system, Ward Connerly goes on record assuring Americans that the California ban on affirmative action has done no damage to blacks.
Plainly, this is false. Once Ward Connerly is made to tell the truth, his ugly career may come to an end.
