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Leesville, Louisiana native Ward Connerly, whose ancestry includes African-American and Native American, is leading a group called the American Civil Rights Coalition.
His opinion is that Affirmitive Action causes too much resentment and he has criticized cases when a college denies a Caucasian student slot in favor of a black student with a lower grade-point average.
"It's foolish not to think that the kid who is turned away is not going to ... resent that," Connerly said.
His group supports a vote on an "Action Civil Rights Initiative" which would effectively end Affirmative Action. It has already passed in California, Michigan and Washington.
This fall, initiatives in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma would put the following language to a vote to become law:
"The state shall not discriminate against or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting."
Equally opposed is Shanta Driver, National Director of United for Equality and Affirmative Action Legal Defense Fund, who calls Connerly's efforts a "giant step backwards."
Touchy subject, especially in our part of the country, LA, MS, AR, TX and FL included.
READ MORE
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/07/affirmative.action/index.html
Let's have some thoughts and opinions without the David Duke or Al Sharpton posturing.
I'll give my opinion as this rolls along, if it rolls along.
Is it time to end Affirmative Action?
His opinion is that Affirmitive Action causes too much resentment and he has criticized cases when a college denies a Caucasian student slot in favor of a black student with a lower grade-point average.
"It's foolish not to think that the kid who is turned away is not going to ... resent that," Connerly said.
His group supports a vote on an "Action Civil Rights Initiative" which would effectively end Affirmative Action. It has already passed in California, Michigan and Washington.
This fall, initiatives in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma would put the following language to a vote to become law:
"The state shall not discriminate against or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting."
Equally opposed is Shanta Driver, National Director of United for Equality and Affirmative Action Legal Defense Fund, who calls Connerly's efforts a "giant step backwards."
Touchy subject, especially in our part of the country, LA, MS, AR, TX and FL included.
READ MORE
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/07/affirmative.action/index.html
Let's have some thoughts and opinions without the David Duke or Al Sharpton posturing.
I'll give my opinion as this rolls along, if it rolls along.
Is it time to end Affirmative Action?