FREEDOM FROM RACE? (Ward Connerly)

New York Post ^ | 4/23/02

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Ward Connerly is about to take his quest to the next level.

Connerly is the University of California regent who for years has endured the vitriolic hatred of the left in his courageous crusade for a color-blind society.

On Friday, Connerly's American Civil Rights Coalition presented nearly a million signatures on petitions that would let Californians vote on one of the most far-reaching measures to keep government out of the race-data business.

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Critics shrieked that it would end minority enrollment at the University of California system. But figures released this month show that minorities now make up a larger share of the current freshman class than they did before Connerly's initiative took hold.

That's terrrific news! And the best part of it is that the students earned their place, fair and square. No one's looking at them wondering if they were given a break others weren't.

I hope that Ward Connerly takes this battle all the way to the top and that in the the next census form, there is no section dealing with race.

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Thanks for the post. My favorite issue, as you know ...

Richard F.