Here's my pragmatic take on what it means. This isn't an endorsement. It's a preference ranking based on identity group membership. The UC system has helpfully

Here's my pragmatic take on what it means. This isn't an endorsement. It's a preference ranking based on identity group membership. The UC system has helpfully provided a table on the third page of this document[1]. Each organization may have a slightly different stack ranking, but suffice to say higher ranked group members are "more diverse" and thus should be preferentially admitted, hired, etc, to make up for systemic racism. [1] https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/sites/default/files/Race-Eth%20Data%20Collection.pdf https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/sites/default/files/R...