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Posted on 05/22/2003 8:24:39 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:50:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
California lawmakers are considering novel legislation that would permit "special measures" to benefit minority and ethnic groups despite a statewide ban on preferential treatment based on race or gender in public employment, education or contracting.
AB 703 would use language from a 1960s United Nations treaty to define racial discrimination in a way that supporters say could benefit underrepresented groups without violating prohibitions in California's Proposition 209, approved in 1996.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
AB703 is in the third reading file which means it is up for a vote in the Assembly. Here is the offensive language in the bill.
(1) Section 31 of Article I of the California Constitution, except as to its prohibition of granting preferential treatment, shall not be interpreted as granting an individual a private cause of action to challenge any special measures for the purpose of securing adequate advancement of those racial groups requiring the protection pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Part I of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Special measures shall not be interpreted as preferential treatment.
Mhking, would you do me the honor of pinging the list?
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Yikes... we're beng globalized!
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