Discriminations

In 1956, in their famous Southern Manifesto (discussed and brought up to date here), 19 Senators and 77 Representatives from the Southern states declared, among other things, in opposition to colorblind equality and defense of local control of their schools, that:

Without regard to the consent of the governed, outside agitators are threatening immediate and revolutionary changes in our public school systems.

In 2008, in opposing the possibility of colorblind equality being imposed on the schools of Nebraska, Fred Meyer, a member of the Nebraska Board of Education, declared:

I’m extremely skeptical of anybody from California coming to Nebraska to change our constitution.

Those “outside agitators” promoting racial equality sure can be pesky, but if racial preferences are outlawed in Nebraska it will not be because of one Californian (Ward Connerly) or the federal courts. It will come from the votes of Nebraskans themselves.

Now, who’s really in favor of local control?