How to make sense of affirmative action in UC admissions — The Sacramento Observer

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How to make sense of affirmative action in UC admissions — The Sacramento Observer

(CALMATTERS) - Is affirmative action “the enemy of white people who are contractors and Americans of Asian descent who are trying to get into the University of California at Berkeley,” as one influential critic called it? Or is neglecting race as a factor in admissions denying the reality that many students endure racism as an […]

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