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Off, i think we need to send a message, that your determination and your merit matters more than the race or ethnicity or any type of different background. also because especially in california, we stop the affirmative action is in the park 209, as a result we see more increase in the students, entering uc and cs use and community colleges. because they worked hard to get to where they are at. to think that, minority students, cannot get into the colleges because of your background, it is an ins...

One, this committee needs to get a copy of the supreme court ruling on affirmative action. california they passed proposition 209 which makes it illegal to give preferential. why would non-blacks pay people who cant -- >> health disparities, aggressive policing, mass incarceration, war on drugs. how does california -- how does its government or any government address that? >> they arent going to. what you just read off, that list. that has nothing to do with slavery. over policing today has some...

Americas colleges and universities going forward? >> it will certainly have an effect on numbers and the diversity goals of those institutions. i think ucla law school where i attended is an example of what can happen when you have such a devastating policies that rolled back programs, initiatives that worked. i often remarked before i went to ucla, there were a ton of black graduates from the law school, post or after prop 209 in the class that was before me, there were six bucks students, one ...

>> well, obviously, you can look at other things, you can look at adversity and challenges that folks have faced growing up, you can look at whether youre coming from a low income family, first generation family, but i never want to be cynical, but the fact, as you know, they carved out the military academy to make them an exception, somehow saying that adversity matters in the military, but making no acknowledgment that diversity matters in our corporations, in our board rooms, in our law offic...

One of the first major anti-immigrant initiatives that this country has seen soon af proposition 209, the affirmative action measure, came antilabor educations, antieducation initiatives. california has come a long way since then, not just the demographics and the population, but the policy making that has led to california being the fourth largest economy in the world. so, i do think opinions have changed as people are enlightened. most private sector leaders can tell you, most academic leaders...

Back the layers of what an applicant brings to institution and think about ways to make sure admissions processes capture that, and to make sure were doing the work of dismantling disparities that exist and our health care system, criminal system, and so many other systems as well. >> you went to ucla law school after 1996 referendum ban race based college admissions in california. what was that like? >> i will say i chose ucla because i remember going to a convening of black graduates and heari...

So, who knows what drove those numbers. but this is what i can tell, you i referenced that theyve had this in place in california for decades. in 1996, two years after the infamous proposition one 87, one of the first major anti-immigrant initiatives that this country has seen, soon after proposition 209, the -- affirmative action measure, came anti -- . california has come a long way since then, not just the demographics of the population, but the policy making that has led to california being ...

Hispanic students? >> thats going to be the big question. i think well be facing in the next near term, but anything that you can do, tearing down barriers, anything you can do that lifts up kids of all races, that doesnt just put you in a box based on your race. youve seen that as an example, for example, in california after voters passed prop 209, who forgo ahead in part colleges and universities from consideration race in admissions. they had to then start going out into the community and rec...

America is listening. tod earlier today, the fedaysspicio a report on the suspiciousus 209 death of jeffrey epstein in a new york city prison. >> our very own jonathan hunt, he has the latest tonight. jonathan, a lo lt interesting s, questions today. >> for sure, sean is a report that was released today and it raises as manys as it answers about jeffrey epsteins death. the report by the inspectorst general reveals, for instance, that epstein was lefeis let in s cell with extra bed linens, linens...

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