Matthew Houlahan Aggie News Writer UCD law professor Marty West leads demonstrators in a round of songs Monday during a Proposition 209 protest rally outside King Hall. We are all people. Together they gathered to support diversity on campus and to protest Proposition 209, the California initiative that banned all racial and gender-based preferences in education, employment and contracting. The gathering was, for the most part, characterized by a positive spirit and a determination to look for ways to work beyond the limitations of the system.
Discrimination is too real in America today.
West joined several UCD demonstrators planning a drive to UC Berkeley School of Law's Boalt Hall to help with another demonstration. Other speakers focused on the problems that 209 has caused for the law school. Felix DeLatores criticized UC admission policies for relying on standardized tests and not taking the actual merit of students into account. Effie Greathouse of Yolo County National Organization for Women said the voters in favor of Prop. This is the beginning of the new civil rights movement.