Ward Connerly: Anti:affirmative actio leader calls Proposition 16 effort to 'reshape' power in California [edsource.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 10/29/205:58 PM

By Thomas Peele, EdSource, October 28, 2020

Twenty-four years after he led efforts that banned affirmative action in California, former UC Regent Ward Connerly is dismissive of the idea that those efforts are his legacy.

His legacy, he said recently, “is the legacy that was established back in 1776 when the structure of our society was outlined. When I came into this world, I inherited that. I don’t want to sound like I’m super patriotic, although I probably am.”

His reference to the nation’s founding is, in essence, Connerly’s world view of a color-blind America where racism “is no longer a moral issue,” where the killing of George Floyd wasn’t about race, and where all anyone has to do to succeed is “take advantage of opportunity.”

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