University of California, Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky was caught on footage reportedly claiming that he secretly discriminates when hiring faculty in the name of diversity.
“I’ll give you an example from our law school, but if ever I’m deposed, I’m going to deny I said this to you,” he said in the video. “When we do faculty hiring, we’re quite conscious that diversity is important to us, and we say diversity is important, it’s fine to say that.”
Critical race theory opponent Christopher Rufo tweeted secret footage of Chemerinsky appearing to explain to students how “unstated affirmative action” is achieved when a “college or university doesn’t tell anybody, doesn’t make any public statements.”
From Fox News:
Since Proposition 209 passed in 1996, the California state constitution has banned affirmative action in "public employment, public education, or public contracting." In 2020, the University of California regents board threw its support behind a ballot initiative to repeal Prop 209, but state voters rejected the change 57% to 43%.
