Michigan rejects descrimination based on race

Power Line:

One of the few silver linings on election night was the passage of Proposition 2 -- the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative -- by a margin of 58 percent to 42 percent. Proponents Ward Connerly and Jennifer Gratz wielded a slingshot against the onslaught. An editorial (subscribers only) in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal noted:

The opponents of Proposal 2...also rolled out Tommy Amaker and Tom Izzo, the men's basketball coaches at Michigan and Michigan State University, respectively. They declared at a press conference that the initiative would hurt the university system by reducing "diversity."

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[T]he proponents of the Civil Rights Initiative sent the two coaches a question: "Do you use quotas or preferences when you choose the players on your basketball teams?"

Everyone but the voters in Michigan opposed the MCRI -- the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, big business, the universities, women's groups, "civil rights" groups.

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The people who favor racial discrimination have said they will continue to fight in the courts what they lost at the ballot box. It takes a very twisted reading of the US constitution to find "affirmative action programs" constitutional anyway. Nothing should be clearer that the prohibition against discrimination based on race, but some keep insisting it is OK for the right race.