CA Gov. Jerry Brown Vetoes #AAPI Data Disaggregation Bill
(H/T K. Ramakrishnan) Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown took a stance against the ethnic disaggregation of state-collected Asian American and…
Tag: California
125 yrs later, Hong Yen Chang finally receives California law license denied to him because he was Chinese
Last year, I wrote about the story of Hong Yen Chang, a Chinese immigrant and law student who received his…
UC Davis students push to license Chinese American attorney 124y after denial due to racism
Hong Yeng Chang’s case is obscure to laypeople, but well-known to students of the law. Chang was among the many…
Paul Lo, America’s First Hmong American Judge, Will Be Sworn In Friday
Earlier this year, California Governor Jerry Brown made history when he appointed UCLA Law alumnus Paul Lo to the Merced…
Rep. Ted Lieu Loses Six Democratic Endorsements Over anti-Affirmative Action Stance | #SCA5
Representative Ted Lieu may be rethinking his position on affirmative action today. Lieu, a Democrat who has been representing the…
Affirmative Action: When class is not enough
Over the last two weeks, I’ve written a series of posts about affirmative action initiated by the fight over SCA5,…
Top 5 things #SCA5 are totally not like…
SCA5 — Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 that was recently tabled and then withdrawn in California — would’ve done one thing:…
SCA5 withdrawn, task force called for to address affirmative action | #edu4all
Following Speaker Perez’s halting of SCA5 — a bill that would repeal Prop 209 for institutions of public education in…
The effect of Prop 209 on UC admissions and campus diversity | #edu4all #NoLiesNoHate #SCA5
If you’ve been following my blog over the past week, you’ve seen my writing on SCA5, Senate Constitutional Amendment 5…
Top 5 anti-Affirmative Action Myths About SCA5 | #NoLiesNoHate
Nearly twenty years ago, California voters passed Proposition 209, a ballot measure that effectively outlawed affirmative action in state-run institutions.…