# SF Affirmative action "field trip"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-affirmative-action-field-trip/56835>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 5, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-affirmative-action-field-trip/56835 "2001-03-05T17:39:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-affirmative-action-field-trip/56835/1 "2001-03-05T17:39:56Z")

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Basically, the San Francisco School Board is giving kids the [day off](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/05/MN41265.DTL) to protest the demise of affirmative action. Such a ludicrous thing could only happen here in SF. I’m a little surprised to see the superintendent of Berkeley opposed to the idea. But I’m sure that the ‘field trip’ from SF will inspire a few Berkeley students to join in.

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**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-affirmative-action-field-trip/56835/2 "2001-03-05T19:36:52Z")

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Here are some interesting quotes:

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> A reversal of the ban on preferences would not have any practical effect on admissions because voter-approved Proposition 209, which bans affirmative action statewide, remains in place. However, supporters say it would send a powerful message that the university embraces diversity.

Seems to me it would send an even more powerful message that they don’t care about the law, and are willing to expend great effort to accomplish nothing at all. Teaching children to break the law is something SF wants?

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> San Francisco school board member Mark Sanchez, who wrote the resolution supporting the Day of Action, said such a reversal could mark a "turning point in civil rights.

As if just because liberals want something, it must be a “civil right”.

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> The district will not lose all-important daily attendance dollars because once children arrive at school, they are counted as present and entitled to funding, Sanchez said.

So IOW state and federal dollars are being used to support SF’s pet cause.

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**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-affirmative-action-field-trip/56835/3 "2001-03-05T20:34:35Z")

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Thanks, TheRyan, for pulling out some of the more ridiculous quotes. The scary thing is, a lot of the people discussing this on the KFOG morning show don’t seem to mind. One can only imagine the outrage if it were an anti-AA rally. It seems to be using state money to further a political agenda.