meritocracy approve of this decisiony ap. a few d just a few days ago, cbs newss ran a poll asking americans about this very issue. ver70% responded that colleges should not be allowed to use race in college admissions. a new york times poll recentlyam found 60% of democrats also oppose race as a factor in admissions. americans across the country have rejected affirmative action at the ballot box, too, evenat the b in blue state calia in the 2020 election. democratic leaders in the state put affirmative action on the ballot. the pre action oo affirmative an activists, the governor, both supp senators, even the golden state warriors, pushed voters to support the initiativthey oe they outspent opponents of oppon affirmative action by 19 to 1. and in the end, nearly 60% of californians voted to kill affirmative action. . it didn t work. no matter how hard the democratic party matte trieo matter how much money spen wpin, the american people have rejected the view that we should b
sure that wet curtail any kind of racist discrimination. and bynation by race discrimina, i m just told i m not talking about just black folk. g i m talking about across the board. the only way the terms with targeting black people. i mean, ask brother kenny. broti thinskher kennk kenny is essentially a brother. ask him about who brother edward bloom is.hink e you think edward bloom, who is behind this thing, who brought kenny and the others as agents pitted against black students, are fundamentally againstdisc discrimination. you think that edward bloom would be supportinriminationdwak in texas in 1945 when they were being discriminateind? k i can t speak to that brother, brother, but i can t speak to the young man that was just on the program. that wasthe prm that w right he. i just want fairness, simple fairness, and don t hate my black brothers.st i don t hate my brown brothers. i just want a fair shot. and ir shot. i think all of us should be able to agree on that point. we bo
can t sit through lectures. unbelievable. because and that s why we need to get rid o f lectures. fa that s how far they re willing to lower the standardsilling jut to admit their ratio. do you think that these people at usc and harvard really care about the interests ofck black americans? no. they want someone on theirokle booklet. they want a face. t. they don t want a person. i care about a person. and you know what people are? people are so much more than just their race. they re the sum total of all their life backgrounds, accomplishment s, experiences, ambitions. that s who they should be. and that s they how they should, be judged on, not their race. that s why i support this s why idecision. decisi kenny when you talk to your w fellow classmatehes of allt do different backgrounds, what did they say about this decision t?a they say the way that most americans do. 75% of americans don t support
hesitantly ascribed to race even itlcen the segregated south where i grew up, thomas wrote,ew individuals were not the sum of their skin color. then, as now, no oft all on disparities are based on race. not all people are races can issue is the president of the color as united. it is on the board for students for fair missions that brought this case against affirmative action. he joins us now. kenny, i i ve seen some ofces an your appearances and i ve seen peop attack you.led did this have anything to do with you not liking black student are not like inwat hispanics or did you just want a fair chance to get into schoolo ge? on the contrary, lawrence. the this has to do with me standing up for the dignity of all people. do you know what affirmative action does at the usc schoolat of medicine? e alli the allied health sciences? they said that black students