Impact of Affirmative Action Ban in California
Date Published:
September 09, 2020
William Kidder, a research associate with the Civil Rights Project who has studied issues of affirmative action at the University of California for years, recently produced this Fact Sheet and Research Synthesis, "Affirmative Action, Graduation Rates and Enrollment Choice at the University of California."
Now that the people of California will be voting on (Proposition 16) the resumption of affirmative action after nearly a quarter century, it is very important to know what the cost of the ban has been in terms of opportunity for Black and Latino students. Kidder's Fact Sheet and Research Synthesis shows the damaging consequences and responds to a recent argument by a leading opponent of affirmative action. There will be further information as the vote approaches.
