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 Julia Willebrand - Oct. 1, 2008

Missing from the story is the evidence of the connection between Connerly and the construction industry. That Connerly earns a living by not for profit fronting for ithe construction ndustry is believable. However the author provides no source for this assertion which limits the credibility of the artcile. And the MS suggestion that a longer Version is available for money smacks of a crassness.

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