Rocky Mountain News Endorses Amendment 46
Rocky Mountain News has endorsed Amendment 46 (also know as the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative), which would ban the state from using preferences in hiring, contracting, and admissions. An excerpt:
“Amendment 46 opponents argue that after the passage of a similar measure two years ago in Michigan the percentage of minority contractors getting government work declined; they clearly believe discrimination accounts for the difference. Preferences are needed, they claim, to level the playing field and give women and minorities a fair shot at success.
“We think a wealth of evidence across contemporary America – in government agencies as clearly as anywhere – undercuts this pessimism. Bigotry has hardly been banished from America, of course, but it is no longer credible to maintain that it is a major obstacle to creating a diverse state work force, university student body or faculty, or a nondiscriminatory system of contracting.
“The man behind Amendment 46 – and similar initiatives this November in Arizona, Missouri and Oklahoma – is Ward Connerly, a black businessman who served 12 years on the University of California Board of Regents. As Connerly frequently points out, an African-American is one step away from the presidency. Talk about the ultimate glass ceiling being busted to smithereens.
“Coloradans should take the cue to move beyond preferential treatment and embrace equal opportunity. Vote yes on Amendment 46.”
After all government preferences have been eradicated, let’s ban the term “African American” except when referring to Americans who were born in Africa. 
