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Author    Post   rapunzel Guest Educational Forum: Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI) Ballot Proposal Thursday, September 21 5:30 p.m. —6:30 p.m. Michigan Rooms A/B, University Center, University of Michigan-Flint campus This forum will explore the potential impact of the proposal to ban affirmative action if it is adopted in November 2006. Featured speakers include: Susan Kaufmann, Associate Director, Center for Education on Women, University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, and author of the research report The Gender Impact of the Proposed Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. Co-sponsors: Office of Educational Opportunity Initiatives, University of Michigan-Flint Women’s Educational Center, University of Michigan-Flint League of Women Voters of the Flint Area Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:04 pm  Biggie9 F L I N T O I D i am sure it will be an objective evaluation, lol. _________________ Biggie Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:27 pm  Steve Myers Site Admin MYTH: MCRI “ends all affirmative action” FACT: MCRI makes it unconstitutional to pick winners and losers based solely on race and sex. It will make it so that everyone has an opportunity to compete under the same standards for acceptance to college, positions in public employment, and winning government contracts. MYTH: Women are helped by the presence of racial preferences in college admissions FACT: Race always trumps sex. Our government should focus on providing equal opportunities rather than creating policies that attempt to engineer equal outcomes. Lawsuits against the University of Michigan (Gratz and Grutter), University of Texas (Hopwood), University of Washington (Smith), and a New Jersey school district (Taxman) were all brought by women who were victims of racial preferences. FACT: In the original point system that UM introduced, the only gender preference given was to men entering nursing.[/color] MYTH: Scientific research into breast cancer or other gender-specific diseases may be affected; Domestic Violence Shelters may be eliminated; Breast cancer screening centers may be eliminated. FACT: MCRI only affects public employment, public contracting, and public education. MYTH: Race preferences are needed because of the disparities in public schools. FACT: Race preferences only serve as a band-aid and do nothing to help failing public schools. In order to solve the real disparity in our socio-economic system is through improving the school system. Racial preferences do nothing to solve this long-term problem. FACT: Even strong supporters of affirmative action found that 86% of blacks who enrolled in the 28 selective universities they studied were middle or upper middle class. Once preferences were eliminated in California, more socioeconomic disadvantaged students were accepted -- UC Berkley-32.4% are eligible for Pell Grants and at UCLA 35.1% are eligible compared to 8-9% on average in the elite public universities nationwide. MYTH: “Race is only one of many factors” … “If MCRI passes there will be drastic and devastating effects” FACT: This is a contradiction and shows that the opposition will say and for that, matter will do anything to distort the facts. If race is truly only one of many factors then once the Initiative passes there will be little impact. The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative http://www.michigancivilrights.org/media.html Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:26 pm  rapunzel Guest The Gender Impact of the Proposed Michigan Civil Rights Initiative: http://www.cew.umich.edu/PDFs/MCRI.pdf The Potential Impact of the MCRI on Employment, Education and Contracting http://www.cew.umich.edu/PDFs/MCRIecon6-25.pdf Facts and research, at least check it out. RAP Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:05 pm  rapunzel Guest Approved ballot language for statewide ballot proposal sponsored by Michigan Civil Rights Initiative Committee. Language was approved by Board of State Canvassers on January 20, 2006. BALLOT LANGUAGE A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO BAN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS THAT GIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR RACE, GENDER, COLOR, ETHNICITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION OR CONTRACTING PURPOSES The proposed constitutional amendment would: • Ban public institutions from using affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment to groups or individuals based on their race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin for public employment, education or contracting purposes. Public institutions affected by the proposal include state government, local governments, public colleges and universities, community colleges and school districts. • Prohibit public institutions from discriminating against groups or individuals due to their gender, ethnicity, race, color or national origin. (A separate provision of the state constitution already prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin.) Should this proposal be adopted? Yes  No  96 Words Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:15 am    Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

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