Support for affirmative action is growing in California
theGRIO REPORT - The National Asian American Survey (NAAS) released a new report that shows Californians are the greatest supporters of affirmative action...
The National Asian American Survey (NAAS) released a new report that shows Californians are the greatest supporters of affirmative action.
It seems that in the Golden State, where no racial or ethnic group is in the majority, civic support for race-conscious admissions and hiring policies is nowadays greater than it was 20 years in the past.
Karthick Ramakrishnan from UC Riverside says that back in 1996, 55 percent of the state’s voters sustained Prop 209, a proposition that ended affirmative policies in public employment, education and contracting. Back then, 37 percent of white people voted for affirmative action as well as 76 percent of Latinos, 74 percent of African-Americans and 61 percent of Asian-Americans.
The survey conducted in August asked Californians, “Do you favor or oppose affirmative action programs designed to help blacks, women, and other minorities get better jobs and education?”
Of 1,280 registered voters, 65.7 percent were for affirmative action. 69 percent of Asian Americans were also in favor, together with 57.3 percent of whites, 81.4 percent of Latinos and 83.1 percent of African Americans.
The affirmative action Field Poll was established in 1947 as The California Poll by Mervin Field. Operating continuously, independently and nonpartisan, the Poll is financially supported by the University of California and California State University. The universities get data files from each and every survey and use it for teaching and research.
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