California entered the Union as a free state. Along with soldiers fighting for the Union Army, according to California State Parks, “the state’s rich gold mines and pro-Union business elite” bankrolled President Abraham Lincoln’s U.S. treasury in the Civil War that ended slavery.

That’s reason enough for Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto Assembly Bill 7, by Assemblymember Corey Jackson, D-Moreno Valley. Under AB 7, colleges and universities “may consider providing a preference in admissions to an applicant who is a descendant of slavery … to the extent it does not conflict with federal law.” In other words, it’s a roundabout way to do what California voters have already rejected and permit racial discrimination in admissions processes.

The “descendants” wording is designed to get around Proposit

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