Topic: Proposition 209

The Supreme Court rejects the use of race as a factor in college admissions in cases involving Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Chief Justice John Roberts writes that such programs involve racial stereotyping and lack meaningful endpoints. The hosts point out that California abolished affirmative action in 1996 via Proposition 209, a fact largely ignored by current mainstream media coverage.

Lloyd's of London issued an apology for its historical role in the slave trade, while various institutions like Ole Miss and the Minnesota Twins removed controversial statues and nicknames. In California, a move to repeal Proposition 209 aims to allow the use of racial quotas in public employment and education. The hosts view these developments as part of a broader systemic shift driven by social pressure.