Quotahoma
I’m always on the lookout for odd arguments, and, reading as many defenses of racial discrimination as I do, they are never in short supply. But rarely have I run across a defense of racial preference policies as odd as the one put forward in this editorial in the Muskogee Phoenix, “Public Work Force Should […]
“On The Lookout” … For The Obvious
Oklahoma is one of the five states targeted for a civil rights petition on the November 2008 ballot to ban race, ethnic, and gender preferences. As in the other states that have passed similar initiatives (California, Washington, Michigan), those who want to preserve preferential treatment based on those categories have a hard time crafting opposing […]
Non-Denial Denials From Oklahoma
Oklahoma is one of the states targeted for a “Super Tuesday” vote against racial preferences in November 2008. Like the other four targeted states (Arizona, Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska), whether there actually is a vote will depend on whether enough signatures are gathered to put the measure on the ballot and whether the Democrats succeed in […]
Arizona And Oklahoma
Arizona and Oklahoma join the party with the launching of drives to put the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative and the Oklahoma Civil Rights Initiative on the 2008 ballot. UPDATE Writing earlier today about conflicting confusions in Colorado (here), I noted that some opponents of the new civil rights initiative opposed it because there were no […]
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