The Truth Behind California's Affirmative Action Ban (Prop 209)

The Truth Behind California's Affirmative Action Ban (Prop 209):
In exactly two weeks 10’s of millions of voters will shuffle into voting booths across the country to make their voices heard. Besides the obvious race for president, voters in 32 states will decide on 120 statewide ballot measures, from taxes, to marijuana, to campaign finance reform. But what we’ll be talking about today is a single measure on California's ballot: the repeal of Proposition 209 that seeks to bring back Affirmative Action into the College Admission process after a 24-year absence.

In this video, we look at the truth behind California's Affirmative action ban, and the truth is, banning affirmative action helped minorities by improving graduation rates, increasing GPAs, and improving post-college outcomes.

A big part of this is a concept known as college matching or the concept that students should be matched to schools that best match them and their abilities. After Prop 209, 4-year graduation rates for underrepresented minorities rose 55% and 6-year graduation rates rose 75%. And at UC San Diego, the year before Prop 209 was introduced of the 3,000 students admitted 20% of whites had a first-year GPA of 3.5 or better, meanwhile, only one African American student did. But one year later, 20 percent of black students had a 3.5 GPA or better after their first year, comparable with whites.

This all isn’t to say that minorities aren’t capable or deserving of getting into the state's top schools, but that race-based affirmative action is simply a poorly made bandaid for the much deeper wound that is socioeconomic inequality. California ranks 40th for educational quality among US states. The much deeper root cause of California's inequality comes from how they run and pay for their school systems

Overall, the end of affirmative action and race-based admissions vastly improved minority graduation rates, academic performance, and STEM degree attainment through more efficient matching of undergrad applicants with colleges.

Watch the full video to learn more!

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[frankv]

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[mrdandy-tutorialsgameplay]

I am an Asian living in California which leaves me worried. I’m applying to college next year and if this bill is passed, I don’t think I’ll make it to a good uc. Can’t believe they re gonna limit the amount of Asians

[dakkon]

Very interesting video. It's definitely made me rethink some of my positions on the topic. Do you mind sharing your sources? I'd like to dig deeper into the data. Thanks!

[quakers]

So now the real test, to get rid of the legacy programs that gives thechildren of alumni and professors, programs that have lower standards for athletes and some of the other things that have nothing to do with ability like the essay where you basicly sell yourself on creative writing ot letters of recomendation that again have little to do with achieveent. Oddly enough the SAT scores do nt orrelate with academic success. Your plaement in class is a better indicator ut een there things an get very distorted. There is te whole prep school thing where uwards of 20 to 30% of grduates get acepted into the elite schools. I think the entire system of higher education should be e reconsidered. The ability to produce outstanding content that canbe shared not just in a classroom but shared with thousands . Evaluating a students progress, one on one learning are still areas where student teacher relations need to exist . Just my opinion. The bigger issue in college these days is affordability. A lot of the collegeexperience is about discovering who you are, what your interests are, the kind of person you want to be, how much alcohol you can consume.
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[skybluskyblueify]

Sounds like these kids need help *before* attending college --should prop 13 be overturned so schools can have more money and thus help kids match top tier schools? Nearly all schools that minorities attend are underfunded. We should do this before we mess with teacher issues.

[GiordaniSisters]

this was great! looking forward to similar content :)

[billybatson]

Proposition 209 - "Let's fight systemic racism with - institutionalized racism!"

[thefolkgoth]

Great video! Is there possibly some links to resources for those stats?

[cory]

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[rebeccahaber]

another great video! love learning about new topics on your channel

[lexussykes]

What good does it do to be admitted when you won't be able to keep up with the curriculum. In a rush you want to do this and that to say it's done, but thorough matters. Go when you're ready and confident because others there would be. Most people don't care if you're black or white but if you're skilled I mean sure they don't want you to hate them, but that's as far as that goes. If you don't know what you're doing if you get lost you should be studying, but studying at your own level. It's integrate.

[notanalt]

You just teached me more then my school has, this is such a underrated channel. Love the animation too

[mariasarli]

Very fact based and balanced treatment of a controversial topic. Thanks!

[jasonbourne]

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