Kasz216 on 07 October 2011
| Tigerlure said: I'm pretty sure there was already a Supreme Court case Bakke v. UC Regents saying the Universities could take race into account for admissions, but race couldn't be the only factor. So if a black student has the same grades as a white student, and the university wants to increase their diversity on campus, it's all within their rights. |
Actually they ruled that the UC system was unconstitutional, but it was possible to have a constitutional system like that, though one hadn't been defined.
However, a California law in 1996 outlawed such practices.
So legally they couldn't. Although they do anyway, since it's kinda hard to regulate this kind of thing outside of political theatre.
