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Over the last several weeks, the three senators who have had second thoughts about the referendum -- Leland Yee, D-San Francisco; Ted Lieu, D-Torrance; and Carol Liu, D- La Cañada/Flintridge -- said they have received thousands of calls and emails from fearful constituents who believe that any move to favor other ethnic groups could hurt Asian-Americans, who attend many of the state's best schools in large numbers. A Change.org petition to kill the referendum now has more than 100,000 signatures, and email listservs for Chinese-American parents have been flooded with angry posts....
Since 1996, the year voters approved Proposition 209, state universities have been barred from "discriminating against or granting preferential treatment" to any racial or ethnic group in college admissions, hiring and contracting. Since then, admission offers to black students have plunged 49 percent at UC Berkeley and 16 percent at UCLA, the state system's two most prestigious schools....
Der said one of the culprits is Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff, who argued at a packed town hall meeting in Cupertino last month that the percentage of Asian-American undergraduates across the UC system -- now about 38 percent -- could plummet if the ban was lifted. Der and Huff were both panelists at the meeting.
I don't watch Fox, obviously, but I'm pretty sure they're going 24/7 on this one, with Benghazi updates at the top of the hour.
Note: Sen. Lieu is the frontrunner to take Henry Waxman's seat in Congress.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)This is the future when all us old white men die off. The races will have to blame each other.
NOLALady
(4,003 posts)that the races are all blaming each other now, just as in the past.
Iggo
(47,489 posts)upaloopa
(11,417 posts)Iggo
(47,489 posts)Doesn't mean they'll cease to exist.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)Which in this case they are not depending on what aside of the fight you're on. Most likely some whites favor return to affirmative action.
NOVA_Dem
(620 posts)I thought all UC's were ~50% Asian.
I believe the Black population in CA is declining and this will likely end up as a beef b/w Asians and Latinos.
ETA:
Reading further I see it's Republicans fomenting fear among Asian parents.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)these people are complaining that they may no longer be as overrepresented in the UC system.
NOVA_Dem
(620 posts)Black students comprised less than 5% (that's being generous) of the University's population back in the mid-90's.
Bonx
(2,041 posts)"complaining" ? Is it being 'politically active' for some people and "complaining" for others ?
Also, What % is "overrepresented" ? Which of these students should we remove/deny ?
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)just the ones like Der quoted in the article. No one is talking about removing any students. And how many African American and Latino students are we denying under Prop 209?
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)"It would be a serious mistake to let the Latino caucus secure the vote of all Democrats," said Ward Connerly, author of Proposition 209, which SCA 5 would overturn. Connerly's proposition outlawed consideration of race in University of California and California State University admissions. He called SCA 5 "a violation of all democratic principles."...
"I guarantee you the number of Asians will be diminished and the number of Latinos will be increased" if SCA 5 passes, said Connerly. "That's the whole objective."...
Sensing the potential political gain in this issue, the top GOP leaders of both chambers addressed the session, which was conducted in Mandarin and English.