UCLA Students Demonstrate Against Measure

More than 200 boisterous UCLA students and civil rights activists marched through the Westwood campus Thursday, some saying that Proposition 187 would subject them to unwarranted racial stereotypes.

At a rally after the march, Miya Iwataki of Californians United Against Proposition 187 decried what she saw as the creation of “an environment ripe for racism” by “save our state” proponents.

Sponsored by the October Student Movement and Californians United Against Proposition 187, the demonstration was intended to inspire students to “take ownership of the issues . . . and understand the politics and coalitions working against us,” student organizer Alyssa Kang said.

Angel Cervantes, local student representative of Californians against the measure, said the day’s events at UCLA were part of a coordinated statewide protest and voter registration drive also taking place at 20 other campuses.