<p>I don’t know why I waste my time arguing with posters who don’t have a clue what they are talking about, but here goes. This issue has been in the California headlines for 13 years. Here is one article out of thousands. For those who have no idea about what they are posting, please do some research and educate yourself.</p>
<p>[Calif</a>. race-based college admissions ban challenged](<a href=“http://www.thegrio.com/news/california-race-based-college-admissions-ban-challenged.php]Calif”>Calif. race-based college admissions ban challenged - TheGrio)</p>
<p>Excerpt from article: “Thirteen years of a ban on affirmative action in the state of California has left, in particular UCLA and Berkeley, with just pitiably low numbers of black and Latino students,” Driver said.</p>
<p>The reason they ask for ethnic background on the application is because all colleges are required to keep this information for statistical purposes. It is not permitted by law in California to be considered for admissions. </p>
<p>Once again, I would warn young people to go elsewhere for information about applying to colleges because you get too people posting uneducated opinions as fact on CC.</p>