Even readers with short memories will recall that Minding The Campus published my three essays covering the duplicitous attempt of Washington State Democrats to bring back affirmative action, which had been prohibited in a 1998 referendum. But in case anyone has forgotten:
A Duplicitous Attempt to Rescue Affirmative Action
Washington State Voters Reject Affirmative Action, Again
Tricking Voters to Accept Racial Preferences
How do you think the Washington State Democrats responded to their defeat? If you guessed by ignoring it, you’re right. My new piece that just went up on City Journal, “Preferences By Any Other Name,” describes how they are trying to do precisely what the voters told them they were prohibited from doing.