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In classes at the University of California at Berkeley, philosophy major James Bennett, who is Black and Filipino, sees almost no one who looks like him.

BERKELEY - In the 25 years since California voters banned all consideration of race in college admissions, the state has spent more than US$500 million (S$670 million) to help create diverse student bodies across the University of California system - with some success. Yet in classes at the University of California (UC) at Berkeley, philosophy major James Bennett, who is...

In the 25 years since California voters banned all consideration of race in college admissions, the state has spent more than $500 million to help create diverse student bodies across the University of California system - with some success. Yet in classes at the University of California at Berkeley, philosophy major James Bennett, who is Black and Filipino, sees almost no one who looks like him. "I've only met two other Black students within all of my classes that I've been in," said Bennett, who enrolled at the system's flagship school in 2021.

STORY: James Bennett, who is Black and Filipino, is a philosophy major at the University of California at Berkeley.