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...became a reality. Now, any affirmative action based on race, gender or ethnicity in the state is illegal, whether in the public sector, education or employment. It seems California residents acted a little prematurely; this country still has racial barriers to overcome. Last Friday, a mere two weeks after Prop. 209 passed, Texaco Inc. agreed to pay $140 million, the largest settlement ever in a racial discrimination case, on behalf of all its minority employees...
Chappell said that the protests at U.C. Riverside were organized largely by the Movimento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A.), which has branches at several California universities, and the Student Coalition Against Prop...
Coleman said he was particularly upset that a group of protestors stole 3,000 copies of the Daily Cal last Monday and the entire print run of 23,000 papers last Tuesday in reaction the paper's endorsement of Prop...
Despite the efforts of many conservative state and national politicians, however, California is the first and only state so far to have repealed its affirmative action policies. Prop. 209 is yet another example of California's strident but not ideologically inflexible conservatism. Two years ago, Californians voted the draconian and notoriously anti-immigrant Proposition 187 into law, but this year they also approved Proposition 215; this measure legalizes the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. California's governor, Pete Wilson, has a law and order reputation but also favors gay rights. However, despite some of the Golden State's seemingly...
...Foes of Prop. 209 such as the NAACP and the ACLU hope to defeat most if not all of its provisions in court, as opponents of Prop. 187 were able to do, but their chances of success are slim. Furthermore, Prop. 209 is carefully worded to avoid conflicting with federal affirmative action policies in order to circumvent some of the problems that have dogged Prop...