Affirmative Action: Thinking Outside the Racial Box January 09, 2002 by Kim Remember Prop 209? That was the 1996 California ballot initiative that read: “The state shall not discriminate […]
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Tag: 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
Race, Smiles and Disney
October/November 2001 in The Abolitionist Examiner: Race, Smiles and The Wonderful World of Disney by K. Francis
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Statement on the Racial Privacy Initiative
Statement on the Racial Privacy Initiative by James A. Landrith, Jr. October/November 2001 in The Abolitionist Examiner
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Scrapping the racial paradigm
Scrapping the racial paradigm would be giant step toward ending racism by Charles Michael Byrd (The Augusta Chronicle) http://augustachronicle.com/stories/080101/opi_UE0213-6.shtml (August 1, 2001) This entry also posted at Yahoo! Groups – […]
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Let’s Rid Ourselves of Those Silly Race Boxes
August/September 2001 in The Abolitionist Examiner: Let’s Rid Ourselves of Those Silly Race Boxes by Ward Connerly This entry also posted in Yahoo! Groups – Starboard CFC.
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Groundbreaking Proposal Launched in California to Free People from Boxes
June/July in The Abolitionist Examiner: Groundbreaking Proposal Launched in California to Free People from Boxes by Kevin Nguyen
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Tampa Tribune – Drop racial categories
Drop racial categories from census (The Tampa Tribune) (May 15, 2001)
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Racial Categorization VI
From a discussion group I participate in: Race will always be a descriptive term in my opinion. I see no problem with recognizing that you are white and you recognizing […]
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Racial Categorization V
From a discussion group I participate in: I think it is premature because a rose by any other name is still a rose. Let’s look at an analogy. We use […]
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Racial Categorization IV
From a discussion group I participate in: I think scrapping the racial categories is a bit premature. I think we have a lot of educating to do before this happens. […]
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