Racialist Mockery
I can't even begin to focus my rage on the mocking tone of Brenda Payton's commentary in today's Oakland Tribune. In this thinly-veiled "racialist" screed, she mocks "mixed-race" individuals and "interracial" marriage in a...
Tagged: Race Relations
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 Connerly is locked in...
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 54, six advocacy groups...
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 voters — but the...
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 Board of Supervisors. The...
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 up Tuesday. A new...
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 group ganging up defeat...
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 that would be an...
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, is speaking out against...
Prop. 54 funding is questioned
The Sacramento Bee on Prop. 54 funding is questioned: With the election fast approaching, California voters trying to “follow the money” in Ward Connerly’s campaign to restrict race-based data quickly reach a dead end....