Affirmative action foes work to make it illegal

[proud2BlibKansan]

Affirmative action foe Ward Connerly takes barbs at Truman State
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER
The Associated Press

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. | Affirmative action foe Ward Connerly on Thursday brought his long-running campaign to Truman State University, where an overflow crowd alternately mocked and cheered his efforts in support of a November ballot initiative that would ban consideration of race in public hiring and college admissions.

The former University of California regent told an audience of several hundred students, professors and community members that the country's nearly 50-year effort to atone for past racial discrimination has run its course.

"What we're doing in our nation now ... is preparing for the day when race-based affirmative action won't be around," he said. "Clearly, it's living on borrowed time."

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Connerly, who on Wednesday traveled to Jefferson City to build support among lawmakers for what is known as the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative, spoke for nearly two hours before a largely hostile audience that frequently jeered, interrupted and laughed at some of his more contentious statements.

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But what little goodwill Connerly earned from opponents in the crowd for crediting Obama quickly dissipated as the speaker, who is black, laid out his reasons for opposing affirmative action.

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[bluestateguy]

1. Can't this guy mind his own business?

Kentucky? Michigan? Washington? Why must he travel to all of these states that he does not live in to try and change THEIR laws?

Somebody needs to tell this impostor and outside agitator to go home.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. That was my first thought as well

There is another outside agitator pushing school vouchers in MO. Frustrating. And of course, they are usually republicans.

[MaryCeleste]

3. The same was said of the freedom riders during the 60s in the south

Fight the ideas, not the locale

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. That's very good advice

:)