Is UCLA racist?

[Anonymous]

% went down due to migration or other races moving in like Hispanics and Asians?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:African Americans make up 5.9 percent of California's current population (according to first article linked above), and 4 percent of overall student enrollment at UCLA (according to UCLA's own statistics).

Is that discrepancy racist?

Latinos make up 39.9 percent of California's current population (according to Wikipedia), and 28.8 percent of admitted students for the incoming class in fall 2014 (according to the Daily Bruin article linked above).

Is that discrepancy racist?

Together, African American and Latino students made up almost 34 percent of students admitted to the incoming class of fall 2014 (some percentage of these, my child among them, decided not to attend UCLA, because they were admitted to other competitive schools, so actual enrollment is substantially less). Asian Americans make up another 33 percent of admitted students. So, a grand total of almost 67 percent of students admitted to UCLA for fall of 2014 are Asian American, Latino, or African American.

Is UCLA diverse? Is it racist?

Finally, California voters passed a proposition that does not allow affirmative action considerations in the admissions process to California public colleges and universities. The Democratic supermajority legislature in California revisited the issue last spring, and decided to leave it as is.

Either UCLA's stats are incorrect or the Daily Bruin. I elect to go with UCLA's as posted on their website for their Fall 2014 admit.

The discrepancy comes from the number of admitted students, versus the number of students who actually enroll. For example, my Latino student was admitted to both Cal and UCLA, but decided to attend a top Ivy instead.

The (UCLA) Bruin article states that 28.8 percent of students admitted to the incoming class of 2014 were Latino. Some not-insignificant percentage of those admitted Latino students decided - like my child - not to attend UCLA, but to attend another competitive college or university.

Similarly, although 4 percent of students currently enrolled are African American, there was some not-insignificant, and greater percentage (perhaps greater than 5.9%?) of African American students who were admitted to UCLA, but declined the offer in favor of another competitive college or university.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:% went down due to migration or other races moving in like Hispanics and Asians?

The three articles linked above suggest that the percentage of African Americans in California's population has declined due to both factors, but they focus on the fact that migration out of California has certainly been a significant factor.

[Anonymous]

Linked here is another article lamenting the low percentage of African Americans in Orange County's population.

http://www.ocweekly.com/2013-05-30/news/african-american-black-orange-county/full/

[Anonymous]

Linked is one of the most current pieces to discuss California demographics.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/24/in-2014-latinos-will-surpass-whites-as-largest-racialethnic-group-in-california/

[Anonymous]

As of the 2010 Census figures, 2,229,072 California residents were African American.

http://censusviewer.com/state/CA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As of the 2010 Census figures, 2,229,072 California residents were African American.

http://censusviewer.com/state/CA

I apologize, the figure is 2,299,072 of California residents are African American per the 2010 Census.

[Anonymous]

Per Wikipedia, California's population as of July 1, 2014 is 38,802,500.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California#Population

And per the Pew Research article linked above, 5.8 percent of California's current population is African American.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/24/in-2014-latinos-will-surpass-whites-as-largest-racialethnic-group-in-california/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Per Wikipedia, California's population as of July 1, 2014 is 38,802,500.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California#Population

And per the Pew Research article linked above, 5.8 percent of California's current population is African American.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/24/in-2014-latinos-will-surpass-whites-as-largest-racialethnic-group-in-california/

5.8 percent of a population of 38,802,500 is 2,250,545. Approximately 2,250,545 of California's current residents as of mid-2014 are African American.

[Anonymous]

in the linked article in the OP, it quoted ]Alma Flores, a graduate student in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies who "became tearful as she talked about the racial discrimination she has faced at UCLA.”

she said:
“As a woman of color, I should not have to get up every single day to have my identity questioned. … I am tired of it,” she said, crying as she spoke. “I’m tired, and it hurts me so much.”[/b]

does anyone know what this means? I don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:% went down due to migration or other races moving in like Hispanics and Asians?

To answer your question, both factors come into play, but California has seen an out-migration of approximately 40,000 African Americans from the state since the 2010 Census figures above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:% went down due to migration or other races moving in like Hispanics and Asians?

To answer your question, both factors come into play, but California has seen an out-migration of approximately 40,000 African Americans from the state since the 2010 Census figures above.

2,299.072 African Americans lived in California during the 2010 Census, and approximately African Americans make up 2,250,545 of California's population in 2014 using the statistics and figures cited above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:in the linked article in the OP, it quoted ]Alma Flores, a graduate student in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies who "became tearful as she talked about the racial discrimination she has faced at UCLA.”

she said:
“As a woman of color, I should not have to get up every single day to have my identity questioned. … I am tired of it,” she said, crying as she spoke. “I’m tired, and it hurts me so much.”[/b]

does anyone know what this means? I don’t.

I assume that she means that she feels discriminated against because of the color of her skin, as she self-identifies "as a woman of color". Some Hispanics and Latinos identify as a white because of a European background or heritage, but other Hispanic and Latinos identify as non-white because of their more indigenous background or heritage.

[Anonymous]

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/24/in-2014-latinos-will-surpass-whites-as-largest-racialethnic-group-in-california/

One of the more interesting facts reflected in the Pew Research link is that African Americans make up 12.3% of population of the United States, but make up only 5.8% (and declining) of the population of California.

Why is this the case in the state that is far-and-away the most welcoming and accepting of its minority population, and so otherwise very diverse in every way? Perhaps the issue is not UCLA in particular, but rather California in general.

Is the United States experiencing a self-segregating pattern or period of migration that is creating or reinforcing new racial and ethnic enclaves in different parts of the country?

(Attached link to Washington Post article on African migration. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/african-immigrant-population-doubling-each-decade-washington-area-among-highest/2014/10/01/efbada70-498f-11e4-891d-713f052086a0_story.html).


Are new immigrants to the United States bringing with them little-understood (within the U.S.) cultural biases or discrimination from other countries that are latently affecting the decisions of our existing population?

I do not know the answer to these and other questions that arise when considering the issues of race and migration patterns, but the issues are certainly interesting and I would like to read more research on the subject.

(My spouse's great, great-grandparents came to United States from Russia, through New York. When they arrived, they were encouraged not to follow their countrymen's settlement patterns in New York, but to instead seek to fill much-needed labor needs by moving out West - which they did.)