NAACP - QUICK STATS:

QUICK STATS:

Defend Affirmative Action: Battleground Michigan

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At the University of California at Berkeley, the number of black students admitted fell from 562 in 1997 to 191 in 1998, the year after the affirmative action ban was passed. The number of Hispanic students admitted dropped from 1,045 to 434 in that same year.
In Washington State, according to The Seattle Times, four years after I-200 passed, the share of Seattle public-works contracts awarded to minority- or women-owned firms decreased by more than 25%.