California's fight with affirmative action
The lessons college administrators in California took away after affirmative action was banned in the state still resonate today, especially as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to ban the program nationally.
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Show Notes
The Supreme Court appears ready to abolish affirmative action later this year. The case seeking to declare it unconstitutional has schools that consider race in admissions worried about how they can continue to build diversity among their students without affirmative action.
Here in California, though, we already know what happens when programs like affirmative action are banned. In 1996, voters passed a first ballot initiative in the country to ban the consideration of race or gender and public education.
Today, how the University of California system has dealt with a 25-year ban on affirmative action. And what we can learn if a national ban does happen. Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times reporter Teresa Watanabe
More reading:
California banned affirmative action in 1996. Inside the UC struggle for diversity
Are Asian American college applicants at a disadvantage? Supreme Court debate stirs fear
Some audio in this episode is courtesy of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library.