USC Cancels California Gubernatorial Debate After Only White Candidates Qualify

Give California’s Democrats credit: They remain committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, even at the expense of their own interests.

According to KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, the University of Southern California cancelled a gubernatorial debate scheduled for Tuesday after all of the non-white candidates failed to qualify.

Christian Grose, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, developed the methodology used to select qualified candidates for debate.

“USC vigorously defends the independence, objectivity, and integrity of USC Professor Christian Grose, whose data-driven candidate viability formula is based on extensive research and enjoys broad academic support. At the same time, we recognize that concerns about the selection criteria for tomorrow’s gubernatorial debate have created a significant distraction from the issues that matter to voters,” the university said in a statement.

The “concerns about the selection criteria” involved its outcome: no non-white candidates on the debate stage.

“If USC does not do the