Saturday, June 13, 2009
Ward Connerly attempting to prohibit equal opportunity in Arizona
A DC Observer: Connerly makes his usual “deep south” speech with a twist: an appeal to the desire of self-sufficiency. Essentially, he states that self-sufficiency is a good, and then follows that with a statement that Affirmative Action is a threat against self-sufficiency. Thus, Affirmative Action is bad (and if the reader should agree, then that reader should also support his prohibit “racial preferences” initiative). Here is the quote: “We can look at people’s needs, their income, their social condition rather than presuming as we do now that my brown skin means that I can’t compete with you, that you somehow, in your benevolence, give me something not on the basis of my accomplishment but on the basis of your generosity.” Connerly’s arguments willfully ignore reality and are not believable.
Connerly’s argument in favor of self-sufficiency only supports the current hegemonic power structure. Self-sufficiency only applies to those who control the governance, the industry, and the money flow in the society. There is only one group that possesses that power—Whites (due to its supermajority presence in the country) (The election of President Obama does not affect, but rather supports, this argument (see the selection of his staff)). Because of Connerly’s own funding, his self-sufficiency argument is disingenuous. Connerly, for example, receives millions through his contributors (www.bigmoneyconnerly.org, produced by the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC)).
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