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result. we ve seen a track record of them not working. reporter: she points to california, one of nine states that outlawed affirmative action more than 20 years ago, causing a 50% drop-off in minority admissions, numbers that have never bounced back as seen by uc berkeley. i have struggled to really move the black number here at berkeley. and again, that s not from a lack of trying. reporter: femi ogundele, berkeley s dean of undergrad admissions, says affirmative action was never perfect, just a band-aid. the fact that there are high schools in this country that have manicured lawns and golf courses and there are high schools in this country that have bars on the windows and metal detectors in the hallways and yet we are asking both of those students to show up in our application process the same doesn t make any sense. reporter: for now schools are bracing for the dawn of a new era, making the task of equalizing the playing field not impossible but significantly harder.

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