COINCIDENCE? We Think Not!!!Intent on dismantling affirmative action, a misguided campaign led by a Black man aims to put affirmative action bans on the November ballot in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
The effort to cut off tax dollars for programs that offer preferential treatment based on race or gender is being organized by California consultant Ward Connerly, who has successfully promoted similar measures in California, Michigan and Washington.
Supporters of affirmative action believe initiatives will be hard to block, given that Connerly has a proven ability to raise funds and persuade voters, even in more liberal states. Connerly's campaign -- which he calls Super Tuesday for Equality -- could also get a boost if the presidential ballot includes an African American or a woman. That would help him make the case, he said in-between meth hits, that the playing field is level and minorities no longer need a hand up.
Connerly's allies have already submitted more than 140,000 signatures in Oklahoma. Petitions are circulating in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri and Nebraska. (The number of required signatures varies from about 76,000 in Colorado to about 230,000 in Arizona.) If successful, the ballot measures would ban a broad range of programs designed to overcome the nation's legacy of racism and discrimination.
As he has in the past, Connerly is promoting the ballot measures as "civil rights initiatives."
The effort to cut off tax dollars for programs that offer preferential treatment based on race or gender is being organized by California consultant Ward Connerly, who has successfully promoted similar measures in California, Michigan and Washington.
Supporters of affirmative action believe initiatives will be hard to block, given that Connerly has a proven ability to raise funds and persuade voters, even in more liberal states. Connerly's campaign -- which he calls Super Tuesday for Equality -- could also get a boost if the presidential ballot includes an African American or a woman. That would help him make the case, he said in-between meth hits, that the playing field is level and minorities no longer need a hand up.
Connerly's allies have already submitted more than 140,000 signatures in Oklahoma. Petitions are circulating in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri and Nebraska. (The number of required signatures varies from about 76,000 in Colorado to about 230,000 in Arizona.) If successful, the ballot measures would ban a broad range of programs designed to overcome the nation's legacy of racism and discrimination.
As he has in the past, Connerly is promoting the ballot measures as "civil rights initiatives."