Jerry Bier of The Fresno Bee on Lawsuit Fights Change to Ballot: lawsuit challenging the state's decision to place a proposition involving racial privacy on the same ballot as the […]
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Tag: Abolition of Racial Classifications
While people certainly have and should enjoy the right to call themselves what they want, no agency at any level of government should be in the business of imposing a “racial” or “ethnic” identity upon anyone. – Charles Michael Byrd
Why California’s racial privacy initiative is unconstitutional
Erwin Chemerinsky, writing for CNN, on Why California's racial privacy initiative is unconstitutional: While the initiative includes a laundry list of exceptions, it nevertheless is an extraordinarily broad prohibition on […]
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Connerly, DeSaulnier face off over Prop. 54
Carrie Sturrock of The Contra Costa Times on Connerly, DeSaulnier face off over Prop. 54: With just six weeks to go until voters head to the polls, UC Regent Ward […]
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Prop. 54 foes may sue over donors
Jim Sanders of The Sacramento Bee on Prop. 54 foes may sue over donors: Pressing for disclosure of individual contributors to Ward Connerly's nonprofit group, which is largely bankrolling Proposition […]
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Proposition 54 support down, Field Poll says
The Modesto Bee on Proposition 54 support down, Field Poll says: Ward Connerly's ballot initiative to restrict collection of race-based data continues to enjoy more support than opposition among California […]
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Supes express opposition to racial-data proposition
The Santa Maria Times on Supes express opposition to racial-data proposition: A controversial statewide proposition to end government collection of racial data was opposed Tuesday by the Santa Barbara County […]
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Battle heating up over anti-race box proposition
Michelle Maitre of The Oakland Tribune on Battle heating up over anti-race box proposition: The battle over a ballot measure that would bar the state from collecting racial information heated […]
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Sample Letters in Support of Proposition 54
Sample Letters in Support of Proposition 54 Mercury News, Aug. 6 Groups vow to defeat initiative banning racial data collection letters@mercurynews.com I notice that Kaiser Permanente is joining the misguided […]
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Davis rebukes ‘power grab’
Notice the governor's Owell-speak. By advocating that we stop dividing people up by "races", we are now accused of dividing people on "race." I would call him an idiot, but […]
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Affirmative Action Foes Split Over Racial Privacy Initiative
Nathan C. Masters of CNSNews.com on Affirmative Action Foes Split Over Racial Privacy Initiative: The man who wrote and sponsored California's Proposition 209, which banned affirmative action in the state, […]
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