Dana previews a wave of anti-affirmative action ballot initiatives we can expect to see in 2008:
Connerly's organization, the American Civil Rights Institute, is calling his five-state 2008 push "Super Tuesday for Equal Rights." His movement is practiced at appropriating the language of equality from liberals. In 2006, Connerly's organizers in Michigan successfully put a "Civil Rights Initiative" on the ballot that rolled back race-consciousness in school admissions and public hiring, even though such programs have been protected by the Supreme Court.Affirmative action supporters say voters were confused by the language of "Proposal 2," or the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. It said state universities, colleges, and public employers should not "discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting." That's the same language Connerly is pushing in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
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