Executive director of the
Californians for Equal Rights Association
, Wenyuan Wu sees the massive rejection of the principle of affirmative action by California in November as a sign of a profound change at work in American opinion.
She says this principle of discrimination has failed to improve the representation of black and Hispanic minorities in major universities.
LE FIGARO.
- What does the rejection of affirmative action by California, one of the most progressive states in the United States, mean?
Wenyuan WU.
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The concept of positive discrimination is starting to expire in the United States, and I hope that France will not make the mistake we made by taking this path.
There has been a lot of confusion about the campaign we waged last year against Proposition 16, which was an attempt to reinstate these kinds of measures in California.
I am absolutely not opposed to the need to allow minorities
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