The California situation is interesting because the universities initially fought back against the lawsuit for dropping test scores but then settled. It makes m

The California situation is interesting because the universities initially fought back against the lawsuit for dropping test scores but then settled. It makes me think the administration feigned caring about the law or fairness but was actually very willing to change their admissions process. What’s more stunning is that the lawsuit that led to them dropping standardized testing requirements is based on one African American student who took the PSAT, got worse scores than he wanted, and decided that standardized testing was racist because he wouldn’t be able to get into the UC system with his scores. You can read the lawsuit (http://www.publiccounsel.org/tools/assets/files/1250.pdf http://www.publiccounsel.org/tools/assets/files/1250.pdf) and settlement (http://www.publiccounsel.org/tools/assets/files/1588.pdf http://www.publiccounsel.org/tools/assets/files/1588.pdf) for more details. But effectively the CA method of avoiding violating the law against affirmative action is to simply not measure merit anymore. Another interesting development: WA rejected affirmative action once again in 2019, but recently the state passed a law requiring medical schools at state universities to set goals around increasing representation of underrepresented minorities (https://www.google.com/amp/s/mynorthwest.com/2911254/rantz-wa-forces-critical-race-theory-med-students-to-graduate-limits-asian-enrollment/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/mynorthwest.com/2911254/rantz-w...), which is effectively a race based cap on Asian enrollment. It seems the legislators are playing word games and trying to claim this doesn’t violate the law since it doesn’t set a “quota” but instead asks for correction of under representation.