[whenanother]

they got rid of affirmative action in california. the asians were the only minorities to see growth in the number of acceptances to uc. however, it was no where near the rate of growth of their population demographic. most of the new spots went to foreign students. once again the faculty went back to being exclusively white male. also all state government jobs hiring practices were no longer scrutinized for discrimination. minority elected officials in california clearly have difficulties dealing with their own state government.

nobody bothered to check whether eliminating affirmative action actually helped.

[frustrated_90]

I mean, the UC is a merit based educational institution - why should the ethnicity of the faculty matter? If they are the expert in their field and can teach, then who cares if they're white/black/asian/alien.

[throwaway2048]

This is why so many white-centric right wing groups very much want affirmative action abolished, because it is a massive advantage to the politically powerful and connected, who are mostly white in America.

Lets just say its hardly like they are out for justice for all races...

[AlexTWithBeard]

"Politically powerful" are obviously mostly white because the population of the US is mostly white.

There is about 10% of black reps in the House which is well in line with the overall population.

And we also just have had a black president.