Which Way, L.A.?
Colorblindness
California may be less than a week away from official "colorblindness;" only the US Supreme Court stands in the way of Prop 209. Affirmative action may be a thing of the past-- but is "colorblindness" possible in America's most multi-cultural region?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readJim Sleeper: Writer, newest book is Liberal Racism; also wrote The Closest of Strangers: Liberalism and the Politics of Race in New York. Connie Rice: Western Regional Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Manny Klausner: Attorney in private practice. Helped draft Prop 209 and was vice chair of the campaign. Co-founder of "Reason" Magazine. Stuart Kwoh: Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Legal Center. Joe Hicks: Executive Director, Los Angeles MultiCultural Collaborative. Gregory Rodriguez: Associate Editor, Pacific News Service. Research Fellow, Pepperdine Institute for Public Policy. Pam McClain: Covers the 9th circuit court for the Daily Journal. Dr. Gerald Horne: Director, Institute of African American Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Author ten books, most recent is Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s.
