This needs an answer. I’ll send a letter, but I think we need multiple letters to ensure our chances of getting a rebuttal into print. Action time!
Another Bad Initiative in California
The New York Times
August 4, 2003
A misguided proposition to bar the state government from classifying people by race will now appear on the Oct. 7 ballot in California, complicating an already chaotic election that will also decide whether Gov. Gray Davis will be recalled from office. We hope the voters take the time to focus on this side issue and reject the proposition.
Supporters of the measure call it a step toward a "colorblind society." But the initiative, a brainchild of Ward Connerly, a University of California regent who also led the campaign to ban affirmative action in the state, is the opposite of what it appears. It would, among other things, complicate enforcement of antidiscrimination legislation as well as state programs aimed at improving health care and education for minorities.