California lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk on Sept. 12 that would allow colleges and universities to give preferential treatment in admissions to students who are descendants of slaves.
Assemblyman Isaac Bryan, a Democrat from Culver City, authored AB 7 to give California’s institutions of higher education a way to address “educational inequities tied directly to slavery and its lasting effect.”
“By allowing institutions to consider an applicant’s lineage as a factor in admissions decisions, the bill aims to increase institutional access for students who research has shown still experience the greatest educational attainment and achievement disadvantages,” Bryan said in a statement to the Legislature….