The state shall 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.
Nor does the implementation of ... change through popular referendum immunize it [from constitutional scrutiny]. The sovereignty of the people is itself subject to those constitutional limitations which have been duly adopted and remain unrepealed.
A generation ago, we did it right. We passed civil rights laws to prohibit discrimination. But special interests hijacked the civil rights movement. Instead of equality, governments imposed quotas, preferences, and set-asides.
“REVERSE DISCRIMINATION” BASED ON RACE OR GENDER IS PLAIN WRONG!.... [S]tudents are being rejected from public universities because of their RACE. Job applicants are turned away because their RACE does not meet some “goal” or “timetable.” Contracts are awarded to high bidders because they are of the preferred RACE ... Proposition 209 will stop [these] terrible programs....
Proposition 209 will eliminate affirmative action programs ... that help achieve equal opportunity for women and minorities....
poses as an equal opportunities initiative, but ... [it] puts at risk every outreach program, sets back the gains made by *1495 women and puts the brakes on expanding opportunities for people in need.
number | percentage | ||
---|---|---|---|
American Indian | 214 | .96 | |
African American | 968 | 4.35 | |
Latino | 3,313 | 14.87 | |
Filipino | 949 | 4.26 | |
Asian | 7,191 | 32.28 | |
White/other | 9,643 | 43.28 | |
total: | 22,278 | 100.00 |
VOTER | YES(%) | NO(%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Male | 61% | 39% | |
Female | 48% | 52% | |
White | 63% | 37% | |
Black | 26% | 74% | |
Latino | 24% | 76% | |
Asian | 39% | 61% |
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