A rift is in danger of developing among traditional Democratic allies after a failed effort to overturn a ban on affirmative action in California public university admissions (Photo by Danielle Burns).
Some legislators have told the Los Angeles Times that hard feelings have emerged between Asian Americans who withdrew their support and African American and Hispanic legislators who want to push forward with the proposed constitutional amendment, SCA5.
Republicans who sense an opening are continuing the bang the drum on this issue and the 80-20 Initiative, a largely Chinese American organization that has been vocal in its opposition to SCA5, is encouraging its members to register Republican.
Democrats were caught flat footed and were slow to respond to the anti-SCA5 movement which developed largely on social media.
“We need a coalition to advocate for the virtues of diversity and affirmative action in our state,” said Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco). “There was no such group…. So misinformation sowed fears not founded in facts.”
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So what’s going to happen next? You can read more about that in the Los Angeles Times.
