California forges a path through America’s racial divide

At a moment of profound national tension over race, California may be lighting a pathway toward greater racial reconciliation as America grows irreversibly more diverse in the years ahead.

The California state legislature is moving toward approving legislation this month that would place on the November ballot a referendum to repeal a ban on affirmative action for racial minorities in hiring and higher education admissions that the state’s voters backed in 1996. …

To some civil rights advocates, that arc of change from confrontation to greater coexistence in California offers hope that the national escalation in racial tensions accompanying Donald Trump’s turbulent presidency might also ebb over time as American continues its transition to becoming a majority-minority nation. CONT.

Ronald Brownstein, CNN


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