Posted on 04/18/2002 6:41:51 PM PDT by Jean S
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:20 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Ward Connerly envisions a California so colorblind that government officials would not be allowed to classify people by race.
Voters will get to decide as early as November whether they share that vision.
A signature drive ending Friday appears to have gained enough support to put Connerly's Racial Privacy Initiative on the state ballot.
Six years ago, Connerly, a black member of the University of California's Board of Regents, won passage of a ballot measure that abolished racial and gender preferences in state hiring and contracting in California. It also ended affirmative action at public universities.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
Sec. 32. (a) The state shall not classify any individual by race, ethnicity, color or national origin in the operation of public education, public contracting or public employment. (b) The state shall not classify any individual by race, ethnicity, color or national origin in the operation of any other state operations, unless the legislature specifically determines that said classification serves a compelling state interest and approves said classification by a 2/3 majority in both houses of the legislature, and said classification is subsequently approved by the governor.
Plus, there's even this:
(f) Otherwise lawful classification of medical research subjects and patients shall be exempt from this section.
"Diversity consultant"? What is that, a professional race-baitor?
"Diversity consultant"? What is that, a professional race-baitor?
BINGO!
Wrong: Only those that prefer to live like lizards went to those states.
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Justin Pritchard wrote:
> That was me. What's on your mind?
Glad to have found you!
I know it's important to present a spectrum of views in news articles in the name of objective reportage, but those views, particiularly in articles under the prestigous Associated Press name, should be informed views.
Judging by your article, I could have been quoted saying that the earth was flat in a "balanced" AP article about Chrisopher Columbus, provided I had enough letters after my name. Dr. Nevarez's comments on the Racial Privacy Initiative are equally unsupported by reality.
If Dr. Nevarez had read more than just the "brochure" version of the initiative, and if you had read more than just paragraph (a), you would both have observed that only in government education, contracting, and employement is classification categorically prohibited, and in any other operation, the prohibition can be overridden by a vote of the legislature and the governor if the a compelling need for such classification is identified.
Further, and directly germane to Dr. Nevarez's baseless and inflammatory objections, is paragraph (f):
(f) Otherwise lawful classification of medical research subjects and patients shall be exempt from this section.
Intentionally or not, Dr. Nevarez has engaged in the basest form of propaganda -- "books will be burned and people will die if this law is passed" -- using the Associated Press and your lack of even the most simple fact-checking as a vehicle to diseminate this lie. It's very disappointing to see.
The Associated Press should publish a retraction or correction.
And frankly, It's not surprising that people like Ms. Keiffer are opposed to this measure. Its passage means that her personal race-based gravy-train gets derailed starting in 2005, and then she'll have to go find honest work. That's part of the idea behind this initiative, in fact. The first step in transforming ours from a "race-based society" into a truly egalitarian society, is to stop basing things on race in the public sector.
Best wishes,
-Michael Pelletier.
I heard part of this report on the radio last evening and searched for a 1/2 hour to find it, I was all ready to post it on FR when I found it searching "Calif. May End Recording of Race" instead of "color blind".
Its always nice to see the folks here at FR right on top of things.
My opinion is; Yeah, its about time! As much as I hate the idea of California leading the rest of the nation, I'll follow when they're obviously going the right way. I hope it passes.
There will always be a deeper understanding of another human being when you meet them face to face. The fact that a person is the opposite sex, a crusty old sailor, a person who smells either good or bad, their hair style, or the clothes they wear will always influence what we think about each other.
People may always have a common perception of Joe the white guy, or Joe the black guy, or Jose the guy you have no further information about his racial heritage. But none of that should matter as to how the government regards anyone.
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