jj@racialprivacy.org<\/a><\/p>\nPROP 54 CAMPAIGN CHAIR WARD CONNERLY SLAMS NINTH CIRCUIT COURT\u2019S GROSS MISCHARACTERIZATION OF PROP 54 AS \u2018A RIDICULOUS LIE\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.–Ward Connerly, chairman of the Yes on Proposition 54 campaign, expressed anger today at the Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals\u2019 gross mischaracterization of Prop 54. In their opinion today delaying the statewide California election planned for October 7, the Court wrote \u201cProposition 54 is another proposed amendment to the California Constitution which would prevent the State from collecting or retaining racial and ethnic data about health care, hate crimes, racial profiling, public education, and public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope we never have to go before the Ninth Circuit Court,\u201d said Mr. Connerly. \u201cIf anyone had any doubt about the political nature of the Ninth Circuit, we call your attention to this blatant twisting of the truth. We\u2019ve told the opposition a thousand times, we\u2019ve told the media a thousand times: Prop 54 will not affect anyone\u2019s health care. There is a complete and total exemption for all medical patients and subjects. Prop 54 will not affect hate crimes–federal law requires this monitoring, and Prop 54 has a clear exemption for any racial classifications required by federal law or for federal funds. Prop 54 bans racial profiling outright. And Prop 54 says absolutely nothing about public safety. This biased spin has been taken right out of our opposition\u2019s playbook. It\u2019s simply not true.<\/p>\n
\u201cFurthermore, the Ninth Circuit demonstrated its short-sightedness on this
\ninitiative by boiling it all down to be about \u2018data.\u2019 Prop 54 is not about data. It\u2019s about whether or not the government has a right to recognize its citizens by race and classify them accordingly. I don\u2019t think they should have that right. The opposition does. I have yet to hear from them a good reason why. Every time our government has recognized the race of its citizens and implemented that knowledge when making policy, it has led to practices like Jim Crow and the internment of American citizens. I think it\u2019s time to end the practice of putting people in boxes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Ninth Circuit Court did manage to accurately describe Prop 54 near the end of its opinion, by saying that \u201cProposition 54 would amend the California Constitution to prohibit state and local governments from using race, ethnicity, color, or national origin to classify current or prospective students, contractors, or employees in public education, contracting, or employment operations.\u201d This is the first hint that the Ninth Circuit Court actually read Proposition 54.<\/p>\n
\u201cBatting .500 is good in baseball, but not good enough for a United States Circuit Court,\u201d said Mr. Connerly. \u201cThey\u2019re using political rhetoric instead of facts to make legal precedent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prop 54 will bar the state and all local California governments from classifying individuals by race in the areas of public education, employment, contracting and most other government operations. Reasonable exemptions exist for medical research subjects and patients, racial classifications required by federal law or for federal funds and certain activities of law enforcement. The state legislature, by a two-thirds vote and with the governor\u2019s approval, can vote to exempt any other reasonable area. Also, the Department of Fair Housing and Employment will receive a 10-year sun-setting exemption.<\/p>\n
For more information, please visit www.racialprivacy.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n-30-<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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