Comments on: Prop 209: The Big 1-0 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/10/05/prop-209-the-big-1-0/ news and views from uc berkeley Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:12:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Scott http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/10/05/prop-209-the-big-1-0/#comment-17661 Scott Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:44:51 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/10/05/prop-209-the-big-1-0/#comment-17661 God, the racial bean counters cannot get it throught their heads that you CANNOT use race in school admissions. No ands, ifs, or buts. Prop 209 is the law. The misinformed judge who approved Berkeley race-based school assignment said that Prop 209 did not forbid "voluntary" systems like Berkeley's. Excuse me, but exactly who "volunteered" for this? Was their a vote? Did the parents "volunteer" to use their kids as pawns in this endless bean counting? I venture they did not. It's over. Prop 209 is the law. One good aspect of that law is that now when a black kid graduates from Berkeley or UCLA, a prospective employer knows he EARNED the degree and didn't get it on account of his race. That alone makes it worthwhile and good public policy. But the bean counters just can't stop. God, the racial bean counters cannot get it throught their heads that you CANNOT use race in school admissions. No ands, ifs, or buts.

Prop 209 is the law. The misinformed judge who approved Berkeley race-based school assignment said that Prop 209 did not forbid “voluntary” systems like Berkeley’s.

Excuse me, but exactly who “volunteered” for this? Was their a vote? Did the parents “volunteer” to use their kids as pawns in this endless bean counting? I venture they did not.

It’s over. Prop 209 is the law. One good aspect of that law is that now when a black kid graduates from Berkeley or UCLA, a prospective employer knows he EARNED the degree and didn’t get it on account of his race.

That alone makes it worthwhile and good public policy.

But the bean counters just can’t stop.

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