This Associated Press “story” about the California bill to overturn Prop 209 (the anti-“affirmative action” prop passed by the voters in 1996) is essentially the “cut and paste” version of the dishonest press release put out by proponents. The AP is no longer a press organization — it’s become largely a government “information” distribution channel.  No fact checking allowed — and sadly some papers (including the SAN DIEGO U-T) too often run AP stories without even a cursory review.

Here’s what the story says: “In 1995, minority students accounted for 38 percent of high school graduates and 21 percent of those entering as University of California freshmen, Hernandez [a principal proponent of the bill] said. By 2004, they made up 45 percent of high school graduates but 18 percent of incoming UC freshmen, he said, adding the gap is growing.”

But go look at the official stats of the demographics of 2013 incoming UC freshman:
http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2013/fall_2013_admissions_table3.pdf (end of the table)

So, what’s the percentage of incoming freshmen who are white (INCLUDING the vague “other” category)? 28.1% — well BELOW the percentage of whites in California (42.3%).  And BTW, note that this table shows that the percentage of the selectively designated “oppressed” minority admissions is NOT shrinking — it’s remarkably level.  The drop the proponents ballyhoo is the ending in 1996 of the disastrous and discriminatory quota system that existed before we passed Prop 209 to make such discrimination illegal.

This bill is not about countering white privilege. It’s about setting up restrictive DE FACTO quotas for ASIANS — which constitute a (supposedly evil) disproportionately high 36% of admissions vs. 14.9% of the CA population.  Apparently these Asian kids “act white” FAR better than even WHITE kids act white!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_California

To make the numbers being used to justify the bill favorable, the affirmative action (not quotas, of course) sponsors made the Asians minority part of the “white” majority (which is not a majority). Ipso presto, discrimination abounds!!

Such racist dishonesty is breathtaking — until one realizes that, well, this IS California. It’s okay to discriminate against Asians in the Golden State — just as it was once acceptable to establish informal admission quotas on high-performing Jews at Ivy League colleges a century ago.

NOTE: Here’s an aspect of the bill that most will overlook. Included in this new stealth quota system bill is a redress of the longstanding grievance against gender discrimination. It’s gone on for generations and continues even today — ask any liberal.

But here’s the thing: The bill will require what amounts to discrimination against the gender that is too frequently admitted — you guessed it, WOMEN.

In 2010 the UC system admitted 95,403 women and only 84,178 men — a PRIMA FACIE case confirming discrimination. I look forward to the innovative progressive implementation of this solution to gender discrimination.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jan/31/tp-bid-to-undo-ban-on-using-race-at-schools/

SAN DIEGO U-T

BID TO UNDO BAN ON USING RACE AT SCHOOLS

By Associated Press 12:01 a.m.Jan. 31, 2014

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