Silence at Boalt Hall: The Dismantling of Affirmative Action

265 Pages·2002·1.63 MB·English

by  Andrea Guerrero

Silence at Boalt Hall

Silence at Boalt Hall
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The Dismantling of A rmative Action
Andrea Guerrero
UNIVERSITYOFCALIFORNIAPRESS
Berkeley / Los Angeles / London
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 2002 by the Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Guerrero, Andrea
Silence at Boalt Hall : the dismantling of affirmative action / Andrea
Guerrero.
p. cm.
Includes index.
isbn0-520-22893-6 (Cloth : alk. paper)—isbn0-520-23309-3 (Paper : alk.
paper)
1. University of California, Berkeley. School of Law—
Admission. 2. Affirmative action programs—Law and legislation—
California. 3. Discrimination in education—Law and legislation—
California. I. Title.
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340(cid:2).071(cid:2)179467—dc21 2002002313
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I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men
other-centered can build up.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Contents
List of Tables ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
1. Balancing the Scales 1
2. Pursuing Excellence 34
3. Dismantling Diversity 67
4. Reaching for Answers 110
5. Listening to the Silence 162
Notes 203
Index 233

Tables
1. Minority Students Entering Boalt Hall, 1967–1971 15
2. Percentage of Black and White Applicants at or above
Selected Levels of LSATScores and Undergraduate
Grade Point Averages 31
3. Arguments Opposing and Responses Supporting
AYrmative Action 97
4. 1998 Freshman Admissions to UC Berkeley by Ethnicity 147
5. Percentage of Admissions to Boalt in 1997,
Based on LSATScores 155
6. Simulated Racial Composition of UC-Eligible Class for 1996 157
7. Racial Diversity at Boalt Hall, 1994–1999 159
8. Actual Admissions versus Projected “UGPAOnly”
and LSAT/UGPA“Numbers Only”Admissions
for 1991 Applicants to Accredited Law Schools 171
9. Percentage of White and Asian Enrollment
at UC Law Schools before and after SP-1
and Proposition 209 172
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