<p>“This problem really came to a head in 2007 when UCLA enrolled fewer than 100 blacks in their freshman class. It’s really shameful that the university that produced Ralph Bunche, Jackie Robinson, Tom Bradley, and Arthur Ashe, among many other illustrious African Americans, couldn’t find a way to enroll 100 black freshmen. It pointed to a serious systemic problem that needed fixing.”</p>
<p>I agree, there is a serious systemic problem, but it is not in UCLA’s admission policies pre-“Holistic” admissions–it is in the African American community, specifically in its attitude towards education.</p>