SAN DIEGO -- There is a mixed reaction in San Diego about the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action -- especially since California voters passed Proposition 209, which eliminated affirmative action at public schools and universities.

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It is hard to tell how the ruling will affect California college students. But these rulings will not put an end to the debate of affirmative action anytime soon, 10News reported.

University of California, San Diego Professor John Skrentny is one of the nation's premiere historians on affirmative action. He supports the Supreme Court's rulings but said universities have a long way to go in truly diversifying their campuses.

"These policies don't benefit all minorities equally. The Latinos going to the University of Michigan don't look like Latinos working in the service jobs around San Diego. They tend to be more privileged. Same with the African-Americans who are preferred by these programs," Skrentny told 10News.

That has been a criticism of UC schools. While race cannot be considered in UC admissions, UCSD vice chancellor Dr. Joe Watson shared with 10News what he thinks of the rulings.

"Some degree of pleasure. Glad to see the courts have viewed that race can still be part of the admissions process," Watson said.

But when 10News asked for people's reaction around the UCSD campus, everyone seemed to have a different opinion.

UCSD student Reid Anderson said, "I think economic background mostly can affect a person's grades and SAT scores, and you should think about their potential of doing in college more than what they've accomplished."

Carrie Johnson is a parent of a UCSD student.

"I know we have a lot of minorities here in our country. I have no problem with that. But they need to have the same basis for them, as well as Caucasian people," Johnson said.

"I don't think that many students from a minority background have the same advantages as other students do," said Rose Carino, another parent of a UCSD student.

Ezioma Nwokafor, a student from Nigeria, said, "I think it should be based on your academic achievement and all you've done in high school, because it's really not fair if race is considered as a factor."

Skrentny believes Monday's rulings could open the door to lawsuits in California by supporters of affirmative action. But Ward Connerly, the man who helped pass Proposition 209, vowed to keep racially preferential admissions out of California.

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One of the plaintiffs in the case against the University of Michigan is a software trainer for a Sorrento Valley company.

Jennifer Gratz, 25, sued the University of Michigan when she was not admitted to the undergraduate school.

Gratz, (pictured, right), said she cried when she heard the Supreme Court struck down the school's point-based screening system that gave minority applicants 20 bonus points.

"I think that today the Supreme Court pushed us in the right direction and raised the bar for universities to follow," Gratz said.