New Discrimination Drove Chinese Immigrants from Public Universities

Discrimination still exists widely in contemporary society. Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (SCA-5) is the latest incident of anti-Chinese sentiment, which brings another dark day of discrimination day for Asian Americans in public universities.

California StateSenator Edward Hernandez announced SCA-5 on December 2012. On January 2014, it was passed in the California Senate. The Amendment requested voters to consider eliminating California Proposition 209‘s ban “on the use of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in recruitment, admissions, and retention programs” at California’ public universities and colleges, and finally remove specific provisions implemented through the enactment of Proposition 209.