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zebra2  ·  512 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "How much this will matter for colleges and universities is unclear."

I'm cautiously hoping it won't actually be so bad, mainly because I've gone through two of the UC schools. NPR has an article up that discusses the changes in the UCs when AA was eliminated by proposition, but that article is significantly more grim than the UC's press release on the topic (that has actual numbers). UCs today are non-white majority spaces. While some demographics are definitely underrepresented, it doesn't really sit right to call them non-diverse. Will Harvard, etc. follow suit? Maybe not I guess.

    UC undergraduates by race and ethnicity

    Fall 2022:

    32.2% Asian

    22.5% Hispanic/Latino

    22.2% White

    4.5% African American

    0.5% American Indian

    0.3% Pacific Islander

    2.8% Domestic unknown

    15% international

    2002 (post Prop. 209)

    38% Asian

    14% Hispanic/Latino

    36% White

    3% African American

    1% American Indian

    1% Pacific Islander

    8% Domestic unknown

    1% International

    1994 (pre-Prop. 209):

    37% Asian

    15% Hispanic/Latino

    36% White

    4% African American

    1% American Indian

    0% Pacific Islander

    5% Domestic unknown

    1% International