Proposition 16: Affirmative Action

Bay Curious

KQED

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4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

We're exploring the 12 statewide ballot propositions in our Prop Fest series. This episode tackles Prop 16, which asks voters to overturn a ban on the use of affirmative action by public institutions. The ban was originally put in place by California voters in 1996. Additional Reading: Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3cPYkUU Prop Fest Homepage: https://www.kqed.org/propfest KQED Election Coverage: https://www.kqed.org/electionsnews Reported by Katie Orr. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz and Rob Speight. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Michelle Wiley.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	Good morning everyone, Olivia Alan Price here.
0:08.0	If you cut our two episodes last week, you know that we are in the middle of Bay Curious
0:12.0	Propfest, a 12-part series that explores the propositions on the California ballot.
0:19.0	Last week we went through Prop 14, a bond to fund stem cell research, and Prop 15, which would affect property tax
0:26.1	assessments for commercial real estate.
0:28.8	If you missed those, go check out the Bay Curious Podcast Feed.
0:32.6	This week we'll continue onward down the list of props, starting right now.
0:38.4	Did you know that public entities are banned from using affirmative action in California?
0:47.0	Proposition 16 would overturn that ban.
0:51.0	On your ballot, it reads like this.
0:53.0	Proposition 16 permits government decision-making policies to consider race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national
0:59.9	origin to address diversity.
1:02.0	Today on the show, we'll look back to when the state first banned using these categories,
1:07.6	race, sex, ethnicity, for hiring and admissions decisions.
1:12.3	And learn how Prop 16 could bring them back.
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1:39.8	KQD politics and government reporter Katie Orr joins us today to talk through Prop 16.
1:46.2	Welcome, Katie.
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