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By Larry Elder, Apr. 4, 2014
In 1996, when California voters passed Proposition 209, opponents
went BMW (bitch, moan and whine). Prop 209 outlawed the use of race as a
criterion in granting government contracts, in hiring for government jobs and
when applying for admission to college.
Minorities -- or, more specifically, “underrepresented
minorities” -- critics warned, would be shut out of UC colleges! (Fixing urban
K-12 schools, so that such students would be better prepared to enter without
an artificial boost, was not under discussion.)
One 209 critic, then-State Sen. Diane Watson, a black woman,
attacked Ward Connerly, the black man who successfully led the measure. In a fashion
worthy of David Duke, Watson said, “He's married to a white woman. He wants
to be white. He wants a colorless society. He has no ethnic pride. He doesn't
want to be black."
Voters passed the measure passed 54 to 45
percent.
True, the numbers of blacks and
Hispanics admits fell off at the more competitive campuses like UC Berkley and
UCLA. But the numbers of “underrepresented minorities” at the less competitive
campus such as UC Riverside and UC Irvine went up -- making the overall UC number
of blacks and Hispanics the same post-209 as before.
More importantly, because these
students were better academically matched to their schools than before, they
were less likely to drop out. Turns out, the more UC college admission offices
de-emphasize things test scores and grades, the greater the chance the student
will drop out. UCLA law professor Richard Sanders -- a Democrat for what it’s
worth -- argues using racial preferences in college admissions hurts the very
students it’s supposed to benefit. This "mismatch"
of credentials to campus competitiveness, writes Sanders, only serves to
increase drop-out rates.
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