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Prop. 209 - Papers

Prop. 209

On November 5, 1996 we will have the opportunity to have our voice
heard when we go to the polls on election day. Not only will we be able to
vote on who will be the next U.S. President, but we can also help determine
the fate of issues that will help shape the future of our state, from water
to healthcare to campaign reform to minimum wage. One of these Proposition
is number 209.
Prop. 209 will restore our historic Civil Rights Act that proclaims
simply and clearly: 3The 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 ...

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savings can be used for other, more constructive programs to help
elimate discrimination. Maybe other Propositions on the ballet can use the
extra funds. I think that ending affirmative action will be the right
thing to do. It ends government-sponsored discrimination by rejecting
quotas, preferences and set-asides.
My brother had a run in with affirmative action. After attending a
junior college and getting a 4.0 there he transfered to U.C. Davis for Pre-
Med school. Two years later he applied to Davis1s Medical school and was
rejected because there were to many white students in the college. He was
then told to wait an entire year and apply again. Instead he moved back to
our home town of Bakersfield and became a farmer with my Father. He had
the grades and the chance to become a very successful docter. Now he is a
farmer, far from the E.R. room.
Not every white person is advantaged like most think. We are all
individuals. Real 3affirmative actioný originally ...

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Added: 12/7/2008 07:38:02 PM
Category: Government
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