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Racial Thunder Out of California – WSJ

By Thomas A. Smith

Democracy can be surprising, and on Tuesday voters in California killed an effort to reintroduce race-based preferences in state education, hiring and contracts. This rejection of identity politics in one of America s bluest and most diverse states should echo around America, not least at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Californians voted down Proposition 16, a ballot measure that would have repealed this provision in the Golden State constitution: The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.

via www.wsj.com

Thank you Gail.