WARD WATCH: Affirmative action bad, institutionalized racism good!

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California paper Red Bluff Daily News covers Ward “Moneybags” Connerly’s recent speech at a Republican fundraiser. Interesting that the paper refers to affirmative action as “racial preferencing.” Anyway, here’s Ward’s usual load of bull:
“It shouldn’t be controversial for me to say that giving a person 250 bonus points simply because of his or her race […]

¶ Posted 4/29/2005 § Affirmative Action, African-American or Black, Arab-American, Asian-American, Caucasian, General, Identity Groups, Issues, Jewish, Latino, Media Representations, Native American, Newspapers, Politics, Racial Classification, Ward Watch ‡ Comments (2)

Article explores mixed experience at UC Berkeley

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There’s a good article on UC Berkeley’s NewsCenter that explores what it’s like to be a mixed student at that school, where 22.9% of undergrads self-identified as mixed in a 2004 survey. (Across the UC system, the average was 25.8 percent. ) The article details the divergent experiences of four students, but also does a […]

¶ Posted 3/9/2005 § Affirmative Action, African-American or Black, Arab-American, Asian-American, Caucasian, Census, General, History, Identity Groups, Interracial Relationships, Issues, Jewish, Latino, Media Representations, Mixed Community, Mixed Race Identity, Native American, Online, Parenting Mixed Kids, Racial Classification ‡ Comments (2)

WARD WATCH: even Huey is keeping an eye on him ;)

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Aaron McGruder of The Boondocks wrote “Moneybags” into Saturday’s strip….hmm…i’ve been wanting to give him a piece of my mind…gives me ideas. ;) See it here.

¶ Posted 2/28/2005 § Affirmative Action, African-American or Black, Caucasian, Comics, General, Identity Groups, Issues, Media Representations, Mixed Community, Mixed Race Identity, Online, Politics, Racial Classification, Ward Watch ‡ Comments (1)

WARD WATCH: $250,000 for Ward, no strings attached

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Just when you thought Ward “Moneybags” Connerly couldn’t possibly squeeze any more money out of pimping his mixed race identity to conservatives out to destroy affirmative action, along comes the Bradley Prize, which gave him a quarter million dollars for… well, just for being his adorable little self. The Washington Post reports on the evening […]

¶ Posted 2/23/2005 § Affirmative Action, African-American or Black, Arab-American, Asian-American, Caucasian, General, Identity Groups, Issues, Jewish, Latino, Media Representations, Mixed Community, Mixed Race Identity, Native American, Newspapers, Politics, Racial Classification, Ward Watch ‡ Comments (1)

WARD WATCH: 70% of funding for MCRI comes from Ward

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Despite attempts by the misleadingly titled Michigan Civil Rights Initiative to claim that they have widespread financial support from Michigan residents, it turns out that over 70% of their funding comes from Ward “Moneybags” Connerly. Detroit Free Press reports that “according to campaign finance reports filed Monday, the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative received $500,693 from […]

¶ Posted 2/3/2005 § Affirmative Action, African-American or Black, Arab-American, Asian-American, Caucasian, General, Identity Groups, Issues, Jewish, Latino, Media Representations, Native American, Newspapers, Politics, Racial Classification, Ward Watch ‡ Comments (0)

WARD WATCH: UC says bye-bye to Ward!

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As we told you in early December, under intense criticism, Ward Connerly has decided to decline any possible re-appoinment to the UC Board of Regents. San Jose Mercury News takes a look back at his legacy: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Also check out similar articles in the San Francisco Chronicle and the […]

¶ Posted 1/21/2005 § Affirmative Action, African-American or Black, Arab-American, Asian-American, Caucasian, General, Identity Groups, Issues, Latino, Media Representations, Mixed Community, Native American, Newspapers, Racial Classification, Ward Watch ‡ Comments (0)

WARD WATCH: Michigan may be fooled into going along with initiative

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The Michigan Daily reports that as of now, Ward Connerly and MCRI have the public’s support. They just collected more than the number of signatures needed to put the question of “racial preferences” to the voters of Michigan in 2006. It is now a question of making sure the signatures are not fraudulent and really […]

¶ Posted 1/11/2005 § Affirmative Action, African-American or Black, Asian-American, Caucasian, General, Identity Groups, Issues, Latino, Mixed Community, Native American, Online, Politics, Racial Classification, Ward Watch ‡ Comments (0)

WARD WATCH: Michigan groups speak out against him

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Two major opponents of Ward Connerly have publicly expressed their anger at his efforts to dismantle affirmative action in Michigan.
Wade Henderson, executive director of The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), the nation’s oldest, largest and most diverse civil and human rights coalition, declared in a press release: “Connerly continues to blatantly manipulate language […]

¶ Posted 1/10/2005 § Affirmative Action, African-American or Black, Asian-American, General, Identity Groups, Issues, Latino, Media Representations, Native American, Online, Racial Classification, Ward Watch ‡ Comments (0)

WARD WATCH: MCRI & Connerly submit signatures today

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The Ann Arbor News reports that the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative plans to submit to the state more than the required 317,575 signatures to put the affirmative action question on ballots in 2006.
The submission of the signatures will cap months of court challenges that forced the campaign to restart its signature-gathering effort in July. Despite […]

¶ Posted 1/6/2005 § Affirmative Action, African-American or Black, Asian-American, General, Identity Groups, Issues, Latino, Mixed Community, Native American, Politics ‡ Comments (0)