Preferred Citation: Guerrero, Andrea. Silence at Boalt Hall: The Dismantling of Affirmative Action. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c2002 2002. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6q2nc91w/


 


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  • AALS (Association of American Law Schools), 25, 26, [208n113]

  • AB 47 (Assembly Bill 47), 69, 71

  • academic excellence: conditions for, 43–44; diversity and/or, 64–65, 123; faculty hiring and, 34–35, 48–49; focus on, 56, 167; "objective" search for, 35–36, 42; use of term, 33. See also merit

  • Academic Senate (UC), 89

  • Academic Support Program (ASP), 47

  • ACLU. See American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

  • ACT, reliance on, [226n45]

  • Adams, Jan, 96

  • Adarand Constructors v. Pena, 81–82, 123

  • administration: affirmative action development/adoption and, 17–18, 20; changeover in, 176; Cole Report and, 135, 138–39; as committed to diversity, 10, 43–45; criticism of, 119, 122, 167, 169, 178–79, [220n35]; eliminating affirmative action and, 81, 84, 160–61; faculty hiring and, 36, 51–52, 60–61; hate mail and, 74; name-blind policy and, 100; outreach efforts of, 6–7; on "race-blind" measures' impact on, 105–6, 107–8, 118–19. See also Choper, Jesse; Halbach, Edward; Kadish, San ford; Kay, Herma Hill

  • admission/enrollment figures for minorities: for 1966, 6; for 1967–1971, 15; for 1968, 9, 14, [205n43]; for 1971, 20; for 1990, 42; for 1991, 171; for 1994–1999, 159, 172; for 1995, 92; for 1996, 150; for 1997, 110, 150, 155, 183; for 1998, 147, 150; for 1999, 154–55, 184; Asians and whites compared, 170–71, 172; in early years at Boalt, 2–3; overview of, [203–4n9], [208n115]; under "race-blind" measures, 105

  • Admissions Committee: CDF/ SB recommendations on, 126; Cole Report on, 136; on "critical mass" principle, 63; "race-blind" policy implemented by, 100–101; role of, after 1996 vote, [217n81]. See also Special Admissions program

  • Admissions Office, 8, 14

  • Admissions Policy Task Force, 63–65

  • admissions process: biases in, 27–28; Cole Report on, 135–36; director's role in, [217n81]; faculty evaluation of, 32, 91–93; faculty policy on, 22, 33; federal investigation of, 103; intentional discrimination in, 38–42; modification of, 8, 10–11; name-blind policy proposed for, 100; 1993 policy on, 64–65; numbers-only policies in,


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    170–72; percentage plans for, 156–58, 196–97; quota vs. target range in, 33, 62; race as used in, 183–84; regents' compromise of, 91; student evaluation of, 5, 103–4, 121–22; student input in, 21–22, 152. See also admission/enrollment figures for minorities; Admissions Committee; entrance requirements; financial aid; grades; Law School Admission Test (LSAT); outreach efforts; Special Admissions program

  • Advanced Placement courses, 155–56, 199, [222n87]

  • affirmative action programs: Asian admissions tied to, 39–42, 61–62; broadening criteria of, 175; constitutionality of, 20, 26–27; dismantling of, 66, 76–77, 84, 169–70, 183–86 (see also Proposition 187 ["Save Our State," or "SOS"]; Proposition 209 [California Civil Rights Initiative, CCRI]; Special Policy 1 [SP-1]); as fair/unfair, 73; goals of, 16, 43–44; hopes for, 78–79; informal type of, 8; long-term consequences of, 179–81; myths of, 44; national campaign against, 99–100; necessity of, 23, 200–202; opposition to, 34–35, 41–42, 43, 55, 61–62, 76–77, 96, 97 (see also academic excellence; merit); as remedy for discrimination, 190–92; review of and hearings on (1996), 80–81, 82–83; "soft" type of, 7, 10–11; for specific instances only, 36–37; support for, 2, 68, 96, 97; test question on, 172–73; value of, 111–12; vote to end (1996), 83–85, 91; weakening of, 37–38. See also diversity; Equal Educational Opportunity Initiative (EEOI); Special Admissions program

  • African American Law and Policy Report,163–64

  • African Americans: admission/enrollment figures for, 2–3, 14, 42, 105, 113, 146–47, 147, 151, [205n43]; affirmative action questioned by, 73; affirmative action's impact on, 179–81; average scores in 1970s, 32; on Boalt without affirmative action, 164–65; discrimination's impact on, 26–27, 38; as faculty, 18, 48–49, [211n49]; grading process and, 18–19; graduation rates vs. numerical indicators and, [225n33]; isolation of, 64, 74–75; LSAT scores of (1996–98), 153; as percentage of legal profession, 9

  • Aguilar, Norma: activities of, 116, 121, 129, 132, 133; on administration's attitude, 119; on affirmative action, 124–25; background of, 114–15; on silence about diversity, 168–69

  • Alaska, race-conscious admissions allowed in, 187

  • Alexander, Michelle, 156

  • alumni: appeal to faculty, 122; as Boalt faculty, 50, 54, 176, [212n56]; CDF/ SB recommendations for including, 126; class of 2002, 182–83; Cole Report on, 135; color lines broken by, 200; EEOI support from, 141, 144; on eliminat ing affirmative action, 111–13; in In digenous Peoples Day protest, 127–28, 130; LSAT scores and success of, 174; minority and white compared, 179; opportunities and challenges for, 159–61; outreach efforts and, 131, 137, 151; positions held by, 69, 93, 99, 107, 108, 109, 110, 115, 194; at speakout on affirmative action, 115–18

  • Alumni Association (UC), 91, 130–31, 137

  • Alvarez, Sandra, 145

  • American Association of Law Schools, 60

  • American Bar Association, 112–13, [206n60]

  • American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): on Davis, [223–24n118]; on declining number of underrepresented minority undergraduates, 147; EEOI support from, 144; lawsuits and, 99, 155, 156, [229n105]

  • American Civil Rights Institute, 99–100, 106, 184

  • American Council on Education, 197

  • American Council on Higher Education, 191

  • Arizona, race-conscious admissions allowed in, 187

  • Armstrong, Barbara, [205n44]

  • Asian Americans: admission/enrollment figures for, 3, 14–15, 42, 105, 147, 170–71, [204n11], [205n43]; admissions process for, 21, 22, 62, [207n101]; and arguments for "race-blind" measures, 170–71, 172; average scores in 1970s,


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    33; on Boalt without affirmative action, 168; double bind for, [210n19]; as faculty, [211n49]; graduation rates vs. numerical indicators and, [225n33]; intentional discrimination against, 38–42; isolation of, 64; LSAT scores of (1996–98), 153; outreach to, 15; as vehicle to attack affirmative action, 39–42, 61–62

  • Asian American Students Association, 15, 21

  • Asian National Bar Association, 144

  • Asian Pacific American Law Center, 155

  • Asian Task Force, 39, 40–41

  • ASP (Academic Support Program), 47

  • Assembly Bill 47 (AB 47), 69, 71

  • Assembly Committee on Urban AVairs and Housing, 69

  • Association of American Colleges and Universities, 182

  • Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 25, 26, [208n113]

  • Association of American Medical Colleges, [208n125]

  • ASUC (campus student government), 51–52

  • Atkinson, Richard C., 196–98

  • Bagley, William, 83, 194–95, [215n48]

  • Bakke, Allan. See Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

  • Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF), 111–12, 150, [219n3]

  • Bell, Derrick A., Jr., 27–28, 48–49, [211n53]

  • Berdahl, Robert, 118, 146, 176–77

  • Berkeley, housing discrimination in, 3–4

  • Berkeley Community Law Center (BCLC). See East Bay Community Law Clinic (EBCLC; earlier, Berkeley Community Law Center [BCLC])

  • Berkeley Distinguished Teacher Award, 50

  • Berkeley Women's Law Journal,134–35

  • Berley, Marc, [225n10]

  • Berring, Robert: on admissions policies, 169, 178; on faculty diversity, 54, 60–61; on student-faculty interaction, 58–60

  • Black Law Students Association (BLSA), 21–22, 28–29, 30

  • Blackmun, Harry A., 26

  • Black Panthers, 16

  • Boalt Hall School of Law: crossroads for, 178–79; differing visions of, 56–61, 65; as example, 200–202; history of minority admissions at, 2–3, [205n43]; ranking of, 136–37, 177; reputation of, 32, 194; social atmosphere of, 19, 55, 64, 86, 162–63; transition of, 17–18. See also administration; admissions process; alumni; California Law Review (journal); entrance requirements; faculty; students; Writ (student news paper)

  • Boalt Hall Student Association, 10, 11, 58, 124

  • Boalt Students for Affirmative Action (BSAA): on affirmative action support/opposition, 96, 97; forums of, 87, 96; founding of, 86–87; merging of, 121; protests of, 87–88

  • Board of Regents (UC): appointments for, 69, 70–71, 86–87; criticism of, 91; faculty appeal to, 89; percentage plans of, 156–58, 196–97; SP-1 reconsidered by, 90, 194–96; students' appeal to, 80–81; vote to end affirmative action, 82–85. See also Castaneda v. Regents of the University of California; Connerly, Ward; Regents of the University of California v. Bakke; Special Policy 1 (SP-1)

  • Bok, Derek, 179, 180–81

  • Bollinger, Lee, 189

  • Bowen, William G., 179, 180–81

  • Bowie State College (Md.), 93–94

  • Brennan, William J., Jr., 26

  • Brooks, Eric: activities of, 120–21, 122, 129, 138, 163–64; on administration's attitude, 119; on affirmative action, 125; background of, 113; as model, 150; orientation activities and, 114, 118; on race and difference, 165–66; on speakout, 116

  • Brophy, Roy, 83, 84

  • Brown, Kathleen, 71

  • Brown, Leslie, 106

  • Brown University, 106

  • Brown v. Board of Education,28, 29, 163

  • BSAA. See Boalt Students for Affirmative Action (BSAA)

  • Bush, George W., 185

  • Bush, Jeb, 184–86, [230–31n133]

  • Bustamante, Cruz, 195–96

  • California: demographics of, 39, 71, 118, 182; proposed educational cuts in, 142–43; wedge issues in, 72, 75–76


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    California Bar, racial composition of, 182–83

  • California Bar Association, 107

  • California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI). See Proposition 209 (California Civil Rights Initiative, CCRI)

  • California Department of Housing and Community Development, 69

  • California Faculty Association, 144

  • California Law Review (journal), 13, 19, 50

  • Californians for Justice (CFJ), 95–96, 98

  • California State Assembly: anti–affirmative action initiative and, 68–69, 71; Asian undergraduate admissions and, 41; Latino Caucus of, 196; members of, 69; on outreach programs, 158

  • California State University: CCRI's implications for, 95–96; faculty hiring/Wring at, 67; outreach to students of, 124, 137

  • California Superior Court, [211n49]

  • California Teachers Association, 144

  • Cantor, Nancy, 189

  • "cascading," problem of, 157

  • Castaneda v. Regents of the University of California,155–56, [223n110]

  • Caucasian Law Students Association (proposed), 47

  • CCRI. See Proposition 209 (California Civil Rights Initiative, CCRI)

  • CDF. See Coalition for a Diverse Faculty (CDF)

  • CDF/ SB. See Coalition for a Diverse Faculty and Student Body (CDF/ SB)

  • Center for Individual Rights (CIR), 187, 189–90, 191

  • Center for Social Justice (proposed), 136

  • CFJ (Californians for Justice), 95–96, 98

  • Chavez, Lydia, 70, 73

  • Chawla, Manjari: activities of, 116, 121, 132; on affirmative action, 124–25; class discussion and, 120

  • Chicanas/Chicanos, use of term, 79, [215n34]. See also Latinos

  • Childhood and Government Project, [209n141]

  • Chinese Americans. See Asian Americans

  • Cho, Sumi, 40–41

  • Choper, Jesse: on affirmative action, 19–20; criticism of, 60–61; on Dwyer's appointment, 177; faculty diversity and, 54; on racism, 46; reflections of, [213n82]; successor to, 62; tactics of, 59; tenure decisions and, 51–52; vision of, 56–58, 60, 61

  • CIR (Center for Individual Rights), 187, 189–90

  • Cisneros, Oscar, 163

  • Civil Rights Act (1964): CCRI's use of, 98; components of, 2, 4; Lyndon B. Johnson on, 4–5; opposition to, 37–38

  • Civil Rights Act (1991), 76

  • Civil Rights Commission, U.S., 37

  • civil rights organizations and movement: CCRI's use of, 96, 98; Connerly's use of, 99–100; EEOI and, 149; lawsuits and, 155–56; marches and, 122; merit issue and, 34

  • class. See social hierarchy; societal discrimination; socioeconomic factors

  • class-rank system (high school), 185

  • Clinton, William J.: on affirmative action, 82; CCRI and, 95; election of, 66; reelection of, 76, 86, 98; referenced in hate mail, 73–74

  • Coalition for a Diverse Faculty (CDF): defense of, 55, 59; faculty diversity hires and, 53–54; goals of, 35–36, 49–50; merging of, 121; reorganization of, [211n54]; tactics of, 57–58; tenure decisions and, 51

  • Coalition for a Diverse Faculty and Student Body (CDF/ SB): Indigenous Peoples Day protest and, 127; outreach efforts and, 124; on "race-blind" measures, 121–22; recommendations of, 125–26

  • Cole, Robert: on admissions policies, 21, 169–70; on diversity task force, 125, 126, 135–36; on faculty/student interaction, 17–18; on student input into decision making, 56; on vote to eliminate affirmative action, 84

  • Cole Report and task force on diversity: adoption of, 138–39; opposition to, 176; recommendations of, 135–36, 154; students' recommendations to, 125–26

  • College Board, 198

  • Colorado, anti–affirmative action campaign in, 100

  • Columbia University, 53, 108

  • Columbus Day. See Indigenous Peoples Day protest

  • Committee on Aid to Minority Groups, 5, 7

  • community college system, including students from, 196–97


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  • community service work: center for, 56–57; minorities' participation in, 16–17, 179

  • Congress, U.S. See Civil Rights Act (1964); Civil Rights Act (1991); Voting Rights Act (1965)

  • Congress of Racial Equality (CORE; Berkeley), 4

  • Connerly, Ward: admissions process circumvented by, 91, [216n79]; anti–affirmative action efforts of, 73, 77, 79–80, 81, 82–83, 90–91, 99–100, 184–85, 186; background of, 69–70; on CCRI passage, 98; on data on race, 201; on effects of "race-blind" measures, 105–6, 146, 156; on holistic evaluation, 198; on initiative campaigns, 139; on Kay as dean, 108–9; language of, 94, 98; name-blind policy of, 100; as regent, 70–71; on repeal of SP-1, 194–95, 196; on students' protests, 88, 125; on 12.5 percent plan, 197

  • Cook, Ellen, 70

  • Cook, Jerry, 70

  • Cop Watch, 128

  • CORE (Congress of Racial Equality; Berkeley), 4

  • Cornell University, 108

  • corporations: CCRI campaign and, 95; on

  • evaluation criteria, 198; on need for diversity in universities, 191

  • Crawford, James, [211n49], [212n59], [227n55]

  • "critical mass" principle, 63–65, 75, 151

  • Cross Examiner (newspaper): Berring's memo in, 58–59; on Boalt's atmosphere, 55; on faculty diversity, 53, 54; on faculty hiring, 48; on merit, 55; on racism, 46; on Tien's appointment, [210n30]

  • culture: admissions biases and, 27; LSAT biases and, 24–25, 31–32, 102, 153

  • curriculum: class discussion and, 120; Cole Report on, 136; criticism of, 15–16; demand for relevant, 52–53; diversity needed in, 29–30, 118–19, 120, 124–25, 166–67

  • Custred, Glynn: AB 47 and, 71; anti–affirmative action efforts of, 67–68, 85; language of, 94; strategies of, 68–69, 72–73

  • Daily Californian (newspaper), 51, 89, 167–68

  • Dartmouth Review,42

  • Daughters of the American Revolution, 111

  • Davis, Gray: criticism of, [223–24n118]; on 4 percent plan, 157–58; gubernatorial campaign of, 149; on vote to eliminate affirmative action, 85

  • DeFunis, Marco, 23–25

  • DeFunis v. Odegaard,23–25, 27

  • Delgado, Richard, 19, 93

  • Dellums, Ronald, 21, 104, [222n79]

  • Democratic Council, 144, 148–49

  • Democratic Party: anti–affirmative action initiatives and, 76–77, 94–95, 184; listserve of, 148–49; Republican ideas adopted by, 66

  • Denley, Krystal, 107

  • Department of Education, U.S. See Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

  • Der, Henry, 41

  • difference, class on, 165–66

  • discrimination: affirmative action as remedy for, 190–92; alleged elimination of, 37–38, 41–42; complaint of, 101–3; effects of, 3, 26–27, 111, 112; in grading process, 18–19; in housing and jobs, 3–4, [211n53]; intentional, 31, 38–39; legislative initiative on, 61–62; race consciousness to avoid, 29; religious, 17; sexual, 53; societal, 26–27, 28, 36–37, 193. See also reverse discrimination

  • diversity: academic excellence and/or, 64–65, 123; administration's support for, 10, 43–45; avoiding subject of, 114–15, 127, 133; as compelling interest (or not), 186–92, 194, 199, [229n114]; decline of, 159, 159–61; differing commitment to, 75; faculty task force on, 125–26; hostility toward, 19, 43, 53, 55, 56–57, [225n10]; recommendations on, 103–4, 125–26; silence about lack of, 168–69, 177–79, 200–201; tensions over, 15–16, 17–18, 62; on UC Board of Regents, 69, 70; value of, 52–53, 63–65, 78–79, 93–94, 112–13, 118–19, 130, 164, 180–82, 190–91. See also affirmative action; Cole Report and task force on diversity; Equal Educational Opportunity Initiative (EEOI); faculty diversity; student diversity

  • Diversity Committee, 59

  • diversity initiative. See Equal Educational Opportunity Initiative (EEOI)

  • Diversity Project (1990), 45–46

  • Dole, Bob, 76–77, 85


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  • Douglas, William O., 24–25, 27, [228n84]

  • D'Souza, Dinesh, 43–44

  • Duster, Troy, 45–46, 147

  • Dwyer, John, 176–77

  • East Bay Community Law Clinic (EBCLC; earlier, Berkeley Community Law Center [BCLC]): Choper's speech at, 56–57, 60; class preparation for, 165–66; diversity at, 167; name of, [225n13]

  • Educational Testing Service (ETS), 11, 12–13, 102, 198

  • EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), 99

  • EEOI. See Equal Educational Opportunity Initiative (EEOI)

  • Elders, Jocelyn, 74

  • Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 186, 193

  • Enchill, Sonya, 120–21, 132, 150–51

  • entrance requirements: Advanced Placement courses and, 155–56, 199, [222n87]; alumni interviews and, 113; competitiveness of, 7–8, 20, 22–23, 32–33, 44; essay in, 100–101; failure of, 79–80; in "race-blind" context, 92–93; recommendations on adjusting, 104, 121–22, 126, 197–99; student evaluation of, 5; task force on, 90; "whole person" characteristics considered in, 102–3, 197–98. See also grades; Law School Admission Test (LSAT)

  • Epstein, Susan, [203–4n9]

  • Equal Educational Opportunity Initiative (EEOI): campaigns for, 142–49; language of, 140–42; origins of, 139–40

  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 99

  • ethnicity. See race and racial issues

  • ETS (Educational Testing Service), 11, 12–13, 102, 198

  • eugenics, 12

  • Evers, Medgar, 1

  • faculty: admissions policy adopted by, 22, 33; admissions process evaluated by, 32, 91–93; appeal to regents, 89; Boalt graduates as, 50, 54, 176, [212n56]; CCRI and, 122–23; Cole Report and, 138–39; as committed to diversity, 2–3; "critical mass" principle and, 64–65; criticism of, 160–61, 167, 168–69, 178–79; demographics of, 34–35; discussions absent among, 59–60; diversity task force of, 125–26; elimination of affirmative action and, 84, 89; hate mail and, 74; and LSAT, perceptions of, 177; public meetings of, 51–52; on "race-blind" measures, 119–20; ranking as concern of, 136–37; Special Admissions limits and, 20–22; student interaction with, 17–18, 19, 60; students' demands of, 130. See also faculty diversity; faculty hiring and promotion; speci W c faculty members

  • faculty diversity: absence of, 34–35, 49–51; demand for, 35–36, 51–53; discussion of, 58–61; increase in, 53; opposition to affirmative action in maintaining, 67–68; student diversity compared to, 35, 48–49; student input in, 53–56

  • faculty hiring and promotion: criteria for, 35–36, 47–51; eliminating affirmative action in, 67–68, 83–84; recommendations for quotas for, 49; token person of color in, [212n59]

  • "Faculty Policy Governing Admission to Boalt Hall" (1973), 22, 33

  • FAST (Foundation for Academic Standards and Traditions), [225n10]

  • Federal Glass Ceiling Commission, 76–77

  • Feller, David, 25, [208n113]

  • Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 183, 187–88, 190–92

  • Filipinos, admission/enrollment figures for, 171, [213n92]. See also Asian Americans

  • financial aid: attempt to eliminate affirmative action in, 91; scholarships as, 7, 10, 150, 170; student evaluation of, 5

  • Florida: anti–affirmative action efforts in, 100, 183, 184–86; 20 percent (One Florida) plan in, 185–86, [230–31n133]

  • Florida Civil Rights Initiative, 184–86

  • Forbes, Steve, 184

  • Ford, Bryan, 52, [227n55]

  • Foundation for Academic Standards and Traditions (FAST), [225n10]

  • Fourteenth Amendment, 4, 20, 183

  • Fowler, Don, 95

  • Free Speech Movement, 4

  • Fruitvale, community needs of, 17


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  • Gardner, David, 39–40, 77

  • Georgetown University, 108

  • Georgia, affirmative action eliminated in, 183, 186

  • ghetto, white society's role in, 9

  • GI Bill of Rights, 2

  • Gibney, James, 41–42

  • Gingrich, Newt, 76, 95

  • Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 183

  • Glass Ceiling Commission, 76–77

  • Goddard, Henry H., 12

  • Gomez, Ed, 83

  • Gonzalez, Alice, 83 Gotanda, Neil, 14–15

  • grades: Advanced Placement courses and, 155–56, [222n87]; anti–affirmative action initiative and, 71; average, 23, 32–33, 65, [207n103]; as barrier, 7–8; CDF/ SB on, 126; Cole Report on, 135–36; discrimination in, 18–19; disparate impact of, 30–31, 31, 152–53; lawsuit's failure to address, 27–28; LSAT and, 154, 170, 171; reverse discrimination and, 20, 24; under Special Admissions program, 11; weight given to, 5, 83, 102, 123, 154, 175, 200

  • Graduate Assembly, 40–41

  • Gratz v. Bollinger,189–92, 193, [229n106]

  • Griggs v. Duke Power Co.,28–29

  • Grutter v. Bollinger,189–90, 191–93, [229n106]

  • Guinier, Lani, 175

  • Gupta, Sunil, 168

  • Gurin, Patricia, 181

  • Halbach, Edward: on minority admissions, 2–3, 17, 56; outreach efforts and, 6–7; successor to, 35

  • Harris, Angela, 52, 177–78

  • Harris, Robert, 107

  • Harvard University: graduates of, 123, 162; outreach efforts of, 107–8; student strike at, 53; study of diversity at, 182, [227n73]

  • Hastings (college), 13

  • "hate crime" categories, 37

  • hate speech: directed at EEOI campaign, 146; directed at judge, 103; directed at minority students, 73–75, 86

  • Hawaii, race-conscious admissions allowed in, 187

  • Hayden, Tom, 83

  • Henderson, Thelton, 99, 103, 107

  • Hernandez, Aileen, 99

  • Heyman, Ira Michael, 41, 55

  • Heyns, Roger, 2

  • hiring and promotion, BASF guidelines on, 111, [219n3]. See also faculty hiring and promotion

  • Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), 144

  • Hispanics. See Latinos

  • Hitch, Charles, 2

  • Hopwood v. Texas: closure of, 193; criticism of, 190; findings of, 183–84, 186–88

  • housing discrimination, 3–4, [211n53]

  • Howard University, 4–5, 137

  • Huerta, John, 13, 16, 18, 20

  • Hughes, Teresa, 157–58

  • Idaho, race-conscious admissions allowed in, 187

  • immigration, Proposition 187 as response to, 71–72

  • Immigration Act (1965), 38–39

  • India, affirmative action programs in, 116

  • Indiana University, 113

  • Indigenous Peoples Day protest: criticism of, 132–33; description of, 127–31, [220–21n45]; students arrested at, 131–32, [221n50]; support for, 134–35

  • individualism, focus on, 167. See also merit

  • initiative campaigns, requirements for, [222n69]. See also Equal Educational Opportunity Initiative (EEOI); Proposition 209 (California Civil Rights Initiative, CCRI)

  • Internet, initiative campaign utilizing, 140, 145, 148–49

  • IQ (intelligence) tests, 12–13

  • Jackson, Jesse: EEOI support from, 143–44; marches organized by, 122, 138; on regents' vote, 84; at student protest, 88; testimony of, 83

  • Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL), 61–62

  • Japanese Americans. See Asian Americans

  • Jaramillo, Joe: on admissions criteria, 79–80; complaint filed by, 101–3; on cross-race interaction, 79; phone call to Connerly, 82–83

  • Jewish people, discrimination against, 17

  • job discrimination, 4


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  • Johnson, Lyndon B., 4–5, 9

  • Johnson v. Board of Regents,186, 187, 193

  • Jones, Van, 128

  • Jordan, June, 147

  • Justice Department, U.S., 37

  • Kadish, Sanford, 35–36, 46, 47–48

  • Kane, Thomas, 158

  • Karabel, Jerome, 89

  • Kay, Herma Hill: on affirmative action, 63–64, 80; on affirmative action, eliminating, 87, 92, 123; appointments for, 62, [205n44]; Cole Report and, 138–39; on diversity, 36, 75, 118–19, 159; on diversity task force, 126, 127; on Indigenous Peoples Day protest, 133; lawyers' recommendations to, 112–13; outreach efforts and, 130–31; on "race-blind" measures, 105, 106, 107–9, 169; resignation of, 176; on student arrests, [221n50]; students' demands of, 130; on students' voices, 22; on test scores, 154; on white privilege, 9–10

  • Kennedy, John F., 1

  • Kidder, William C.: on LSAT biases, 152–54, 172–73; on numerical indicators for admissions, 170, 171, [226n35]

  • King, Coretta Scott, 9, 98, 144

  • King, Dexter Scott, 98

  • King, Martin Luther, Jr.: assassination of, 1, 8–9; CCRI's use of, 98; Connerly's use of, 99–100; "I Have a Dream" speech of, 1–2, 98, 122

  • King, Martin Luther, Jr. III, 100

  • King, Rodney, 66

  • Kragen, Adrian, 10

  • labor unions, Paycheck Protection Act and, 149

  • LaGrone, Jamese, 146–47

  • Laird, Bob, 147

  • language: adjustments in, 18; in discussing affirmative action, 94–95; in discussing racial issues, 45–46; utilizing "civil rights," 98, 99–100; for welfare debate, 66

  • La Raza Centro Legal, 17

  • La Raza Law Journal,[224n5]

  • La Raza Law Students Association, 108, 123, 128

  • Latino Caucus (state legislature), 196

  • Latinos: admission/enrollment figures for, 2–3, 14, 42, 105, 113, 147, [205n43]; average scores in 1970s, 33; on Boalt without affirmative action, 163, 167–69; in community legal work, 16–17; diversity survey by, 75; graduation rates vs. numerical indicators and, [225n33]; hostility toward, 19, 53; isolation of, 64, 75, 114–15; LSAT scores of (1996–98), 153; outreach to, 107–8; use of term, [204n10]

  • Lawrence, Charles, 165–66

  • Law School Admission Council (LSAC): adjustments made by, 172, 173; on LSAT, validity of, 92, 153; and LSAT scores, recommendations on, 174–75

  • Law School Admission Test (LSAT): average scores for, 23, 32–33, 65, [207n103]; as barrier, 7–8; biases of, 24–25, 31–32, 152–54, 172–73; court on use of, 192, [229–30n118]; disparate impact of, 30, 152–53; grades and, 154, 170, 171; possible scores for, [223n103]; recommendations for using, 126, 135, 174–75; reverse discrimination and, 20, 24–25; school rankings and, 136–37, 177; score band/admissions and, 153–54, 155; under Special Admissions program, 11–12; validity of, 12–13, 92, 153, 174–76, [205n51]; weight given to, 5, 83, 92–93, 102, 121, 123, 136–37, 138–39, 170, 176, 200

  • Law Students of African Descent (LSAD): chair of, 163–64; hate mail and, 74; outreach efforts of, 150–51; "raceblind" measures and, 120–21

  • Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, 155

  • Lee, Barbara, 144, [222n79]

  • legal education. See curriculum

  • legal profession: demographics of (1968), 9–10; diversity's importance in, 80, 119, 167; hiring practices in, 111, [219n3]; minorities as percentage of, 6, 9, 26; "race-blind" measures' impact on, 107; skills needed in, 175. See also alumni; community service work

  • Little Rock Central High School, as touchstone, 117, 129

  • Locke, Gary, 184

  • Los Angeles, riots in, 66, 78

  • Los Angeles State College, 13

  • Los Angeles Times (newspaper), 72, 99, 195


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  • Louisiana, affirmative action and desegregation in, 183, [228n81]

  • LSAC. See Law School Admission Council (LSAC)

  • LSAD. See Law Students of African Descent (LSAD)

  • LSAT. See Law School Admission Test (LSAT)

  • Lucky's stores (Berkeley), 4

  • Lungren, Dan, 158

  • Lye, Linda, 130–31

  • Malcolm X, 1

  • MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), 101–3, 155, [229n105]

  • Mandelman, Rafael, 162–63, 164

  • Marshall, Ray, 107

  • Marshall, Thurgood, 26–27, 36–37

  • Martin Luther King Fund, 10

  • Mason, Homer, 6, 7, 85

  • MCAT (Medical College Admission Test), 27–29, [208n125]

  • McGhee, Venus, 126–27

  • McNulty, John, 18

  • MEChA (Movimiento Estuduantil Chicano/a de Aztlan), 7

  • Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), 27–29, [208n125]

  • merit: Cole Report on, 135; committees on, 154, 175; LSAT as "objective" measure of, 176; malleability of, 38–39, 65–66; "race-blind" measures and, 34, 55, 61; shortcomings of, 40; as sole criteria for privilege, 38, 61. See also academic excellence

  • Merit Committee, 175

  • Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), 101–3, 155, [229n105]

  • Mexicans. See Latinos

  • military: integration of, 78; IQ tests used by, 12

  • minorities: adjustments of, 17–18; curriculum influenced by, 15–16; declining number of undergraduate, 146–47, 147, 151; encouraging enroll ments of, 6, 15; exclusion of, 5; as faculty, 34–35, 48–49, 53, [211n49]; hate mail sent to, 73–75, 86; isolation of, 19, 64, 74–75, 114–15, 165; as percent age of legal profession, 6, 9, 26; Proposition 187's implications for, 71–72; use of term, [203n1]. See also admission/enrollment figures for minorities; diversity; outreach efforts; specific minorities

  • Miramontes, Michael, 107–8

  • Mishkin, Paul, 25, [208n113]

  • Mississippi, affirmative action and desegregation in, 183, [228n81]

  • Mitchell, Horace, [221n50]

  • "model minority," Asian Americans as, 41

  • Montana, race-conscious admissions allowed in, 187

  • Moran, Rachel, 52, 63

  • Moreno, Albert, 7

  • Mother Jones (periodical), 45–46

  • Movimiento Estuduantil Chicano/a de Aztlan (MEChA), 7

  • multiculturalism, 45–46, 79. See also diversity

  • Murphy, Mike: activities of, 116, 117, 121; on affirmative action, 124–25; Brooks's interaction with, 118; on Dwyer's appointment, 177

  • Murray, Adam: on Democratic Council, 149; initiative campaign and, 139–41, 142, 144, 148

  • NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), 144, 155, [229n105]

  • National Advisory Commission, 9

  • National Association of Scholars, 67

  • National Black Law Journal,[224n5]

  • National Center for Education Statistics, [208n115]

  • National Council of Churches, 9

  • National Organization for Women (NOW), 144

  • National Public Radio, 107–8

  • National Urban League, 198

  • Native American Law Student Association, 126

  • Native Americans: admission/enrollment figures for, 3, 105, 113, 127, 147, [204n11], [205n43]; average scores in 1970s, 33; graduation rates vs. numerical indicators and, [225n33]; LSAT scores of (1996–98), 153; studying criminal cases about, 163

  • Nelson, Jennifer, 106

  • neutrality, constitutional interest in, 19–20


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  • Nevada, race-conscious admissions allowed in, 187

  • Newbern, Alistair, 116–17, 121

  • New Definitions of Merit Committee, 154

  • "New Directions in Diversity" (report), 121, 125–26

  • New Hampshire, presidential primary in, 85

  • New Republic (periodical), 41–42, 43

  • Nichols, Evangeline, 47

  • Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 187, 190

  • Noguera, Pedro, 167–68

  • nonminorities, special admissions for, 24. See also whites

  • Northern California Coalition for Immigrant Rights, 115

  • Northwestern University, 53, 111

  • NOW (National Organization for Women), 144

  • Oakland, community legal work in, 17

  • Oakland Tribune (newspaper), 4

  • O'Connor, Sandra Day, 176

  • Office for Civil Rights (OCR): complaint filed with, 101–3; investigation by, 62; on standardized tests, 197, [231n136]

  • "old boys network," persistence of, 35, 61

  • Omi, Michael, 46

  • One Florida plan (20 percent plan), 185–86

  • Oregon: anti–affirmative action campaign in, 100; race-conscious admissions in, 187

  • Organization of Chinese Americans, 62

  • other, black/white as, 3

  • outreach efforts: of alumni, 131, 137, 151; at

  • tempt to eliminate affirmative action in, 91; Cole Report on, 135; as factor in choice of school, 107–8; funding for, 130–31; lack of, 123–24; limitations of, 5, 151, 169–70; organizations as focus of, 7, 15; political discourse on, 158; strategies in, 6–7, 10–11; of student organizations, 123–26, 137–38; of students, 6–7, 150–52

  • Paterson, Eva: background of, 111–12; Brooks's interaction with, 118; EEOI and, 142; recommendations of, 112–13; as speaker, 110, 113, 115

  • Paycheck Protection Act (Proposition 226), 149

  • Peguese, Marvin, 109

  • Peltason, Jack, 77, 81, 84

  • police: attitudes toward, 164; racial profiling by, 166, [223–24n118]; tactics of, 128, 131–32

  • political activities: attitudes toward, 50; ban on, 4. See also Democratic Party; Equal Educational Opportunity Initiative (EEOI); Proposition 187 ("Save Our State," or "SOS"); Proposition 209 (California Civil Rights Initiative, CCRI); Republican Party; student organizations; voters and voting

  • "pool argument," 48, 60

  • Powell, Gen. Colin, 86, 93–94, 184

  • Powell, Lewis F., Jr.: on affirmative action, 27, 28, 187; on diversity, 29–30, 70, 186, 191, [229n113]

  • predicted grade average (PGA), use of term, 11. See also grades

  • presidential primary, in New Hampshire, 85

  • PRIDE (Protecting and Recognizing the Importance of Diversity in Education), [219n6]

  • Privilege and Tenure Committee (Berkeley), 50–51, 53

  • professional and medical schools: admissions criteria and, 12–13, 28–29, 34; diversity in, 29–30, 182, [227n73]; as "male" schools, 49; "race-blind" admissions applied at, 100–101, 105–9, 110–11, 170–71, [218n118], [219n2]; raceconscious admissions at, 25–28; racial equality supported by, 2–3; rise in applicants' credentials for, [207n103]; state's interest in, 26. See also speci W c schools

  • Proposition 21, on juvenile offenders, [223–24n118]

  • Proposition 187 ("Save Our State," or "SOS"): aftermath of, 86; federal court decision on, [223–24n118]; passage of, 72–73; voting on, 71–72

  • Proposition 209 (California Civil Rights Initiative, CCRI): campaign for, 68–71, 76, 90–91, 94–96, 98; description of, 68, 122; difficulties of, 89–90; effects of, 95–96, 158; faculty support for, 122–23; language of, 94–95; lawsuit and injunction against, 99, 103; as model, 184; revivals of, 72–73, 85, 87;


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    SP-1 trumped by, 194–95; students' response to, 129–30, 160–61; and Supreme Court, appeal to, 103, 122, 138–39; vote on, 98–99

  • Proposition 226 (Paycheck Protection Act), 149

  • public contracts, 81–82, 83, 95

  • Puerto Ricans. See Latinos

  • quotas and preferences: faculty limits on, 21–22; percentage goals as, 192; public dislike of, 68; recommendations for faculty, 49; redefinitions of, 86, 91, 94; Supreme Court on, 187; target range vs., 33, 62; as terminology for affirmative action, 96

  • race and racial issues: avoidance of, 117, 164–66, 178, 201–2; awareness of, 17–18, 77–78, 91, 117; discussions of, 15–16, 45–47; eliminated in "whole person" characteristics, 102–3; lack of proxy for, 77, 158–59, 201; as "plus" issue, 30; record-keeping and, 37, 201; restrictive view of, 187; retreat from, 65–66; silencing voices on, 166–67; standardized tests and, 12–13, [206n60]; use of term, [203n3]; wedge issues in, 72, 75–76. See also discrimination; diversity; racism

  • "race-blind" measures: alumni speak-out on, 115–18; Asians used in arguments for, 170–71, 172; criticism of, 60, 166–67; effects of, 100–101, 105–18, 170–72, 172, 199–200, [218n118], [219n2]; entrance requirements and, 92–93; faculty on, 119–20; as illogical, 114–15; merit and, 34, 55, 61; student organizations' response to, 120–22, 127–33; support for, 176–77. See also Proposition 209 (California Civil Rights Initiative, CCRI); Special Policy 1 (SP-1)

  • race-conscious measures: avoidance of, [220n38]; banned by CCRI, 122; constitutionality of, 20, 26–27, 200; courts' rejection of, 192–93; courts' upholding of, 29–30, 186–90, 193; as discrimination, 20–21; gap of understanding of, 46–47; informal application of, 8; opposition to, 23, 70–71, 96, 97; proposed elimination of, 81–82; recommitment to, 65, 199; support for, 24–30, 83, 93–94, 96, 97. See also affirmative action; Special Admissions program

  • racial equality: affirmative action's role in, 23; granting of, 4; hopes for, 1–3; redefinition of, 38

  • racial inequality: awareness of, 3–4; rationalization of, 23; structural basis of, 4–5; visible in 1980s, 38

  • racial profiling, use of, 166, [223–24n118]

  • racial tensions and violence: blacks blamed for, 43, 44; outbreaks of, 8–9, 42, 66, 78

  • racism: in 1980s, 42; student organizations charged with, 46–47; subtle type of, 45; use of race as, 55. See also discrimination; minorities: isolation of

  • Ramsey, Henry, Jr., 108, [211n49], [212nn56], [59]

  • Reagan, Bernida, 166–67

  • Reagan, Ronald, 37–38

  • recruitment. See outreach efforts

  • Regents. See Board of Regents (UC)

  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke: aftermath of, 36, 186–87; court's rejection of, 183, 186; courts' upholding of, 187–91, 193; description of, 25–28, 29–30, 190, [229n113]

  • Republican Party: anti–affirmative action initiatives and, 72–73, 75–76, 89–90, 95, 98; Asian admissions and, 61–62; 1996 presidential hopefuls in, 85–86; Powell's address for, 94; on welfare, 66

  • research/scholarship: access to, 163; emphasis on, 50, 57, 61; publishing of, 164, [224n5]

  • reverse discrimination: claims of, 20–21; lawsuits on, 23–29, 183, 184, 187–93; support for argument of, 37–38, 41–42

  • Richter, Bernie, 68–69, 71

  • Rios v. Regents of the University of California. See Castaneda v. Regents of the University of California

  • Rivera, Tomas, [210n29]

  • Rodriguez, Dan, 52

  • Rohrabacher, Dana, 61–62

  • Russell, Richard, 91, 100, 106

  • Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching, 176

  • Sacramento, march on state capitol, 138

  • Sacramento State University, 69


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  • San Diego Union Tribune (newspaper), 39

  • San Francisco Chronicle (newspaper), 100–101, 118, 177

  • San Francisco Daily Journal (newspaper), 134, 178–79

  • San Francisco Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, 110

  • San Francisco State University, 15–16, 67, 147

  • SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test): biases of, 156; disparate impact of, 39, 41; proposal to drop requirement for, 197, 198, [231n137]; scores of minority students on, 146–47; scores of white students on, 152

  • Sato, Sho, [211n49], [212n59]

  • Saucedo, Renee, 52–53, 115, 128, 130

  • "Save Our State." See Proposition 187 ("Save Our State," or "SOS")

  • Sayles, Tom, 83

  • Scalia, Antonin, 82

  • Scheff & Washington (law firm), [229n105]

  • scholarship. See research/scholarship

  • scholarships, 7, 10, 150, 170

  • Seale, Bobby, 16

  • segregation: awareness of, 77–78; as effect

  • of "race-blind" measures, 189–90, 194; invisibility under, 17; persistence of, 181

  • segregationists, IQ tests used by, 12

  • selection bias concept, 12

  • SEO. See Students for Educational Opportunity (SEO)

  • sexual discrimination, 53

  • Sheraton-Palace Hotel (San Francisco), 4

  • Shultz, Marjorie: on admissions process, 92–93, 175; on "race-blind" measures, 115–16, 119–20; tenure issues and, 49–51, 53

  • Siegel, Reva, 52

  • Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 190, 193

  • Smith, Scott, 184

  • Smith v. University of Washington Law School,187

  • SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee), 4

  • social hierarchy, effects of, 12–13, 18

  • socialization, racial inequality and, 4

  • social justice work, attitudes toward, 50, 57–58

  • societal discrimination, courts on, 26–27, 28, 36–37, 193

  • socioeconomic factors: Cole Report on, 136, 138; focus on, 165; as replacement for race, 77, 158–59, 201

  • Soto, Cristine, 131

  • South Asian Students Association, 140

  • Southeast Asians, as underrepresented, 171, [215n37]. See also Asian Americans

  • Special Admissions program: components of, 11–13; development of, 8; effectiveness of, 14–15, 112, [206n66]; limits placed on, 21–22; reflections on, 77; scores in 1970s and, 23. See also Admissions Committee

  • Special Policy 1 (SP-1): complaint filed against, 101–3; compliance with, 87, 91–93, 100; criticism of, 110–12; effects of, 105–9, 158; faculty's response to, 89; motion to rescind, [215n48]; passage of, 84; reconsideration of, 90; repeal of, 194–96; students' response to, 86–87, 129–30, 160–61; text of, [215n49]. See also"race-blind" measures

  • Sridharan, Priya, [224n123]

  • SSS. See Students Supporting Students (SSS)

  • Stanford Daily (newspaper), 143

  • Stanford University, 42, 53

  • Steefel Levitt & Weiss (law firm), 115

  • Steele, Claude, 153

  • Stone, Larry, 10

  • student diversity: "critical mass" principle and, 63–65, 75; faculty diversity compared to, 35, 48–49; graduation rates and, 44; hostility toward, 19; opposition to, 42; rationale for, 29–30. See also minorities

  • Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 4

  • student organizations: for African Americans, 21–22, 28–29, 30; for Asian Americans, 15, 21, 140; attack on racially identified, 46–47; at Boalt without affirmative action, 164; for Latinos, 108, 123, 128; for Native Americans, 126; outreach efforts of, 123–26; on "race-blind" measures, 120–22, 127–33, 196. See also names of specific student organizations

  • students: on Admissions Policy Task Force, 63; on affirmative action, 110–13, 115–18, 124–25; anti–affirmative action efforts and, 80–83, 85–89; arrests of, 54, 58, 131–32, [221n50]; on


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    Cole Report, 136, 138–39; criticism of, 55, 168–69; on diversity, 103–4, 182, [227n73]; on Dwyer's appointment, 176–77; exhaustion of, 151–52; 1996 elections and, 95, 96; outreach efforts of, 6–7, 150–52; protests of, 21–22, 51, 52–54, 87–88, 122, 138 (see also Indigenous Peoples Day protest); repeal of SP-1 demanded by, 195–96; in South, 3–4; success of, 13–15, 28–29, 44, 174, [206n66]; support for participation of, 21–22, 53–56, 152; undergraduate majors of, 101, 199. See also Equal Educational Opportunity Initiative (EEOI); minorities; student diversity; student organizations

  • Students for Educational Opportunity (SEO): campaigns of, 142–44, 148–49; harassment of, 146. See also Equal Educational Opportunity Initiative (EEOI)

  • Students Supporting Students (SSS): funding for, 130–31; goals of, 124; success of, 137–38, 151

  • Supreme Court, U.S.: anti–affirmative action decisions of, 81–82; CCRI opponents' appeal to, 103, 122, 138–39; Michigan cases on race-conscious admissions and, 193–94, 199–200; on race in admissions process, 183–84; restrictive view on race-conscious measures, 191–92; on reverse discrimination cases, 24–27, 183, 186; on societal discrimination, 26–27, 28, 36–37; on standardized tests and admissions, 28–29, 174, [226n45]

  • Swann, Eugene, 3–4

  • Sweatt v. Painter,29, 184, [228n84]

  • Swift, Eleanor, 50–51, 53, 55

  • Task Force on Admissions Criteria, 90

  • teaching, value of, 57, 61

  • Tellalian, Daniel: on Boalt without affir

  • mative action, 167; investigation by, 86–87; outreach efforts of, 123–24, 130–31, 137; on student protest, 88

  • tenure. See faculty hiring and promotion

  • Testing for the Public (organization), 152–54, [209n141]

  • tests, standardized: criticism of, 28–29, 83; cultural biases of, 31–32; development of, 32, 197–99; disparate impact of, 30–31, 31, 39; stereotype threat in, 153, 172; Supreme Court on, 28–29, 174, [226n45]; warnings about, 197, [231n136]. See also Law School Admission Test (LSAT); Medical College Admission Test (MCAT); SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)

  • Texas: affirmative action eliminated in, 183; 10 percent plan in, 156, 185

  • Thernstrom, Stephan, 171, [226n35]

  • Thind, Aman, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 148

  • Third World Movement, 15–16

  • Thomas, Clarence, 82, 123

  • Tien, Chang-Lin: appointment for, 42–43; on diversity, 43–44; and hate mail, referenced in, 74; hiring criteria and, 47–48; multiculturalism and, 45; successor to, 118

  • Tillery, Khari: activities of, 164; on Boalt without affirmative action, 151, 165, 168; on Brooks as model, 150; on outreach efforts, 169

  • Tillotson, Dirk, 178–79, 182–83

  • "tipping theory," concept of, [211n53]

  • Treadwell, Lujuana, 114, 168

  • undergraduate grade point average (UGPA): discrimination's impact on, 192; LSAT vs., 171; use of term, 11. See also grades

  • underrepresented minority, use of term, [203n1]. See also minorities

  • United States v. Fordice,174, [226n45]

  • universities, affirmative action's effects on, 179–82. See also professional and medical schools; speci W c schools

  • University of California: anti–affirmative action efforts at, 73, 77, 80; ban on political activities by, 4; "cascading" admissions in, 157; CCRI's implications for, 95–96; declining number of underrepresented minority undergraduates at, 146–47, 147, 151, 154–55, [223n109]; lawsuit against, 155–56; mitigating "race-blind" policies at, 196–97; racial composition of students eligible for, 156–58, 157; racial equality supported by, 2–3. See also Board of Regents (UC); specific campuses

  • University of California at Berkeley: affirmative action forum at, 87; Asian American population and, 39–43; declining number of underrepresented minority undergraduates at, 146–47,


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    147, 151, 154–55, [223n109]; graduation rates at, 44; multicultural study at, 45–46; as neoconservatives' target, 43; "race-blind" policies' impact on, 139, 167–68; racial tensions at, 42–43; reputation of, 113, 114, 120; responsi bilities of, 125; Third World Move ment at, 15–16. See also Boalt Hall School of Law; Daily Californian (newspaper)

  • University of California at Davis: cross race interaction at, 79; EEOI cam paign at, 145; federal investigation of admissions at, 103; lawsuit against, 25–28, 29–30; "race-blind" measures' impact on, 105, 170–71, 172; student strike at, 53

  • University of California at Irvine, [218n118], [219n2]

  • University of California at Los Angeles: declining number of underrepre sented minority undergraduates at, 154–55, [223n109]; federal investigation of admissions at, 103; "race-blind" measures' impact on, 105, 139, 170–71, 172; student strike at, 53

  • University of California at San Diego, [218n118], [219n2]

  • University of California Students Association, 81

  • University of Chicago Law School, 177

  • University of Georgia, 186, 187, 193

  • University of Michigan: lawsuits against, 189–94, 199–200, [229nn105], [106]; study of diversity at, 182, 190–91, [227n73]; study of law school alumni of, 174

  • University of Mississippi, 42, 174, [226n45]

  • University of Texas Law School: injunction against, 188; lawsuit concerning, 29–30, 183–84, 193

  • University of Washington Law School, 23–25, 187

  • University of Wisconsin at Madison, 42

  • Unruh Civil Rights Act (Calif.), 3–4

  • U.S. News and World Report (periodical), 136–37, 177, [227n73]

  • Valentine, Dawn Mann: exhaustion of, 151–52; initiative campaign and, 140, 142, 144–45, 148

  • veterans, treatment of, 24, 158

  • Vetter, Jan: on affirmative action, 77, 78–80; reverse discrimination case and, 25, [208n113]

  • Vietnam War, 8–9, 39

  • voters and voting: on affirmative action vs. CCRI, 94–95; on CCRI, 98–99; CFJ's appeal to, 96; EEOI and, 142; in presidential primaries and election, 76, 85. See also Proposition 187 ("Save Our State," or "SOS"); Proposition 209 (California Civil Rights Initia tive, CCRI)

  • Voting Rights Act (1965), 37

  • Wang, Ling-chi, 38, 39

  • Warren, Earl, 19

  • Washington, affirmative action eliminated in, 100, 183, 184

  • Washington Post (newspaper), 72, 108, 189

  • Washington v. Davis,36

  • Watts riots, 78

  • Weiner, David, [225n10]

  • Weiss, Leonard, 115

  • welfare debate, terminology of, 66

  • Weng, Garner, 134–35

  • White, Byron R., 26, 36

  • White, David: background of, [209n141]; on LSAT biases, 30–32, 31, 152–53, 172, 173

  • whites: adjustments of, 17–18; admission/enrollment figures for, 42, 171, 172; average scores in 1970s, 32; on avoidance of race and racial issues, 178; on Boalt without affirmative action, 162–63, 164, 165; diversity's importance for, 181–82, [227n73]; Indigenous Peoples Day protest and, 129, 132–33; ini tiative to eliminate affirmative action by, 67–68; on race-conscious measures, 46–47; racial hostility of, 19, 43, 53, 55, 56–57, [225n10]; on sidelines of affirmative action debate, 88–89; as underrepresented, 39–42; on value of affirmative action, 112, 116–17. See also reverse discrimination

  • Widener, Warren, 151

  • Wightman, Linda, 170

  • Wilkins, John, 18, [211n49], [212n59]

  • Wilson, Pete: anti–affirmative action efforts of, 75–76, 77, 82–83, 85, 91; ap pointments by, 70–71; background of,


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    69–70; CCRI campaign and, 90, 95, 98; on cutting minority programs, 142–43; election of, 71–72; mentioned, 195; politics of, 87, 89, 103

  • Winant, Howard, 46

  • women: admission/enrollment figures for, 17, [204n31]; as faculty, 10, 34–35, 48, [205n44]; isolation of, 64; tenure decisions and, 49–51, 53

  • Wood, Thomas: AB 47 and, 71; anti–affirmative action efforts of, 67–68, 85; language of, 94; strategies of, 68–69, 72–73

  • Writ (student newspaper), 3, 9, 15, 20, [210n30]

  • Yale Journal of Law and Feminism,172

  • Yale Law Journal,50

  • Yale University: graduates of, 69, 123, 162; racial incidents at, 42; student strike at, 53

  • Yoo, John, 123

  • "zeroed out," use of term, 171


 

Preferred Citation: Guerrero, Andrea. Silence at Boalt Hall: The Dismantling of Affirmative Action. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c2002 2002. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6q2nc91w/