Ward Connerly Using Deceptive 'Civil Rights' Initiatives to Ban Affirmative Action

Ms. Magazine by Katherine Spillar | Mar. 8, 2008 (News Analysis)

Connerly is leading simultaneous efforts in five states to qualify ballot measures for the November election, each claiming to prohibit "discrimination" and "preferential treatment." These deceptively named "civil rights" initiatives in Missouri, Colorado, Arizona, Nebraska and Oklahoma are actually designed to ban affirmative action for women and minorities in public employment, public education and public contracting. Full Story »

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by Judith Davidsen - Oct. 1, 2008

Sorry excuse for journalism. I believe it, of course, because this is the sort of thing that goes on all the time, but I have to condemn it for lack of sources. I'm also not sure what it was doing on NewsTrust, since it's just an abridged version of a story available only in print.

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sources, sources, sources!