It’s really about admitting large numbers of Mexicans and Central Americans from LA area schools.
Actually getting into a UC (that isn’t Merced or Riverside) is nearly impossible now for any “STEM” major. A 4.4 GPA is typically the average at Cal, UCLA, Irvine and SD; a bit worse at SB, SC and Davis.
And that’s the problem. Class standing is the most important parameter: you can have a high GPA at your south LA high school and be in the top 9% of the class (what it takes to even be considered now) but the reality is that your standing probably just means you’re average or worse in a real high school not loaded up with Nahuatl speaking Indios.
So it’s the admissions process itself which puts these people there. And it was set up that way under pressure of the Mexican dominated legislature.
In a totally merit based world, it would end up being a bunch of schools with majority Han Chinese and a sizable Anglo-White group, with a mild number of likely Iberian Spanish Mexicans (”gueros”) and a vanishingly small number of Africans.
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Well this is fun;
“Güeros is the plural form of the Mexican Spanish term güero, which literally means a person with fair skin and/or blond hair.
While originally derived from the word huero (meaning “empty” or referring to an unhatched egg), the term has evolved into a common, often affectionate descriptor in Mexico. Key nuances include:
Not Just for Blondes: It is frequently used for anyone with a lighter complexion, regardless of hair color, and can even be applied playfully to darker-skinned individuals as a term of endearment or familiarity.
Social Function: Vendors and locals often use güero (or the diminutive güerito/güerita) as a friendly greeting or sales tactic to create warmth, rather than a strict racial or physical classification.
Distinction from Gringo: Unlike gringo, which specifically refers to Americans or foreigners, güero is primarily a physical description that can apply to Mexican nationals with light features.
STEM majors are the last refuge of the academically gifted in almost all universities. The Humanities have devolved into politically obedient perches where little true, academic scholarship is found even at “elite” universities. Serious scholars have been driven off accused of being “irrelevant” and under the influence of “dead white Europeans”. Its where these substandard middle schoolers congregate , receive degrees but remain functionally illiterate. With those degrees they are hired by government as bureaucrats or become public school teachers.