Proposition 209 Case Study

Vocabulary.com defines proposition as a proposed plan of action. Each proposition was made to help, educate, and even fight against certain benefits. The 3 propositions that were passed in the 1990 was Proposition 187, Proposition 290, and Proposition 227. Proposition 187 was concerning illegal immigrants; Proposition 290 was concerning public places to stop discriminating; and lastly Proposition 227 where English was taught as a secondary language. Each of these propositions had its own historical value. Whether it helped certain individuals or caused more harm the state of California proposed these propositions, because it was thinking about the welfare of the state and the people. In each of the proposed proposition a vote was held to see

The way Proposition 209 affected both the Latino and the Asian in California was significant, especially when they were applying to schools. From Huffingtonpost.com they mentioned how, both Asians and Latinos had a decrease in acceptance rate of 50% after Proposition 209 was passed. There was not a huge difference in how Proposition 209 affected Asians and Latinos. But the difference in how Asians and Latinos were affected by Proposition 209 was mentioned through articles.latimes.com. The difference in how Proposition 209 affected both the Latinos and Asians are through the immigration status. Because Asians did not have much of a problem with immigration issues as much as the Latinos, Latinos suffered a bit from Proposition 209. Another way that Proposition 209 affected Asians and Latinos differently was the way Asians thought of the proposition. A lot of the time Asians thought that the proposition did more harm than good when it came to the affirmative actions. In the end Proposition 209 affected both Latinos and Asians in similar ways, but overall Asians thought of themselves as the victim of the affirmative

Proposition 227 was enacted, because it was a way schools would be able to teach non-English speakers to settle into society. In both voting situations it would help non-English speakers settle into society peacefully. Voting yes, to Proposition 227 would mean that students would be taught in a special class for about a year and then moved to a normal class afterwards. Voting no, would mean students would be taught, by teachers who spoke their language and throughout several years the student will eventually be moved to a regular class. By having this proposition, people would be able to speak English fluently, which will give them a tool to communicate with other people. The way Proposition 227 affected Latino was through the classes in school. From Smartvoter.org they mentioned how California forced Latinos to into Spanish-only bilingual class. The way Proposition 227 would affect both the Latinos and Asians are the way they were held back at school. The longer they are in a special education class the longer it would take them to graduate, and integrate into