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Duplicitous (Or Maybe Just Dumb) Defenders Of Discrimination

Booker Evans is described here as a ?minority activist? in Arizona who is a leading opponent of the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative.

Evans, believe it or not, actually argues that prohibiting state discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, or gender would ?create a divide among people? based on race, ethnicity, and gender. In addition,

Evans also argues that the state constitution already provides necessary civil rights protections.

?It?s (the amendment) is something we don?t need. We already have something in the constitution that already prohibits the conduct he?s ([Ward] Connerly) is trying to eliminate with this amendment,? Evans says.

Really? Could Evans really be aware that, as discussed here, the law schools at both the University of Arizona and Arizona State give preferences to minorities in admissions? Is he also unaware of all the state programs that engage in preferential treatment listed in this report by the Goldwater Institute, mentioned here?

If Evans is really unaware of all these preferential programs, he is too uninformed about the state of his own state to be a reliable spokesman for anything. On the other hand, if he is aware of them, and he believes that current Arizona law already prohibits everything the initiative is designed to eliminate, then he of necessity must believe the state is currently engaged in massive defiance of the law.

Dumb, disingenuous, or duplicitous? DISCRMINATIONS reports; you decide.

Full post as published by Discriminations on February 10, 2008 (boomark / email).