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California lawmakers are set to consider a bill that would require the state’s public universities to give admission priority to the descendants of slaves.
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It’s rather unlikely to pass and probably unconstitutional if it did. This is all for show.
Calling it “for show” is a bit dismissive. Putting forward bills you know won’t pass is a good tactic for forcing a discussion of those topics.
I actually like this more than the ones that base it purely on race, since that’s such a wishy washy culturally defined thing. Idk how exactly they’re planning to trace those lineages since intentional meddling in those communities often disrupted quality record-keeping, but it seems to at least try to get more to the direct point of reparations than playing the lighter or darker than a paper bag game that got us into this mess to begin with.
This is discrimination and should not be tolerated.
Don’t give scholarships based on hardship of people long dead. Give scholarships to those who work hard.
It’s not a scholarship, it’s admission priority.
Says so right in the title.
FFS, it’s a non-story.
A California lawmaker introduced a bill Monday
Y’all realize any state legislator can introduce any bill saying anything at anytime?
Now I am imagining that old cartoon “I’m Just a Bill” but Capitol Hill is just littered with 'em.
Fucking assholes in here. Here’s the skinny; we kept slaves as a nation only 150 years ago, not that much time in reality. The children of the slaves even generations later are materially disadvantaged from not only the generations of slavery their ancestors suffered before but the generations of discrimination and poverty they suffered even after they were “freed” by the 14th amendment. Because of this circumstance, smart ass kids have come and gone without being recognized by institutions on the basis of cost, class, and race. This is a move for all the kids the institution knows they would normally pass up and knows that by doing that they rob themselves of possible amazing alumni. They fucking deserve it, and by they I don’t mean colleges, I mean students. Mad about how unfair that is? How about yas go back in time and brutally opress your own cracker ancestors to the point of generational poverty and disenfranchisement. Then come back to the future and find even though you’re intelligent and have the grades it just doesn’t matter and you’ll never know why. Then pray for the majority to toss you some reparations after decades of sneering at the very thought.
Are they going to make people try to prove it, or are they going to be smart about it and just prioritize black admissions?
Smells like discrimination to me
Honestly California has the best University system.
Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
But why though
originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
What do you mean?
xor@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
why deny educational opportunities to people that can’t prove they’re descended from a slave, hundreds of years ago?
it seems pretty unfair to everyone else, and reduces the quality of students.
if anything should be based on merit, it’s education….
or what about slave descendants who aren’t going to college? they don’t deserve reparations? just students?