{"id":4442,"date":"2020-10-22T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4442"},"modified":"2020-10-22T16:39:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T23:39:30","slug":"leaders-warn-that-proposition-16-will-divide-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4442","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Warn That Proposition 16 Will Divide California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ballot Proposition Threatens to Create Bitter Racial Preferences<\/em><\/p>\n

A group of community leaders and politicians are warning California voters about the dangers of Proposition 16<\/a>, which will appear on this November\u2019s ballot. The measure seeks to repeal Proposition 209<\/a> from the California Constitution and reintroduce institutionalized and legal race-based admissions, contracting and hiring policies in all California public school settings.<\/p>\n

California State Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) represents the 34th Assembly District, which encompasses most of Kern County. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from UCLA, a master\u2019s degree from Princeton University and also served as the district director to House Majority Leader and Congressman Kevin McCarthy.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many immigrants choose to come to America to seek opportunity because this is a country that doesn\u2019t discriminate based on race, sex, ethnicity or national origin,\u201d said Assemblyman Fong. \u201cMy grandfather immigrated to America from China. My father came over from Hong Kong to become a pharmacist. They attained the American dream. Proposition 16 repeals that dream from our state constitution. The idea of non-discrimination and what it means is what makes America and California a beacon of hope and a land of opportunity for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jessica Patterson is a wife, mother, and the first female and first Latina Chairwoman in the history of the California Republican Party. She was also C.E.O., and co-founder, of California Trailblazers, an organization that recruits, trains and helps elect Republican candidates to state legislative offices.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the last 24-years our state constitution has said that the state shall not discriminate against or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education and public contracts,\u201d said Patterson. \u201cThese words are critical. Proposition 16 eliminates those words. If you can give me a good reason as to why these words should be eliminated, I\u2019d love to hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lance Izumi is Senior Director of the Center for Education at the Pacific Research Institute. He has written and produced books, studies and films on a wide variety of education topics.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn pushing for adoption of the U.S. Civil Rights Act in 1963, President John F. Kennedy told us that \u2018we are confronted with a moral issue,\u2019\u201d said Izumi. \u201cHe went on to say that \u2018every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish, a right to expect that the law will be fair, that the Constitution will be color blind.\u2019 Proposition 16 turns back the clock of history to a time when Americans faced bitter racial preferences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patterson says that Californians should be proud of a color and gender blind society that rewards hard work and sacrifice.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I am selected for a leadership position I want that selection based upon the fact that I\u2019m the most qualified for it,\u201d Patterson concluded. \u201cI want to know that people value my opinion. I want to know that I belong there and that I earned my right to be there. I don\u2019t want to be awarded a position or job because of my gender, ethnicity or age. That is the California Dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Parents and Students for Racial Equality<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parents and Students for Racial Equality<\/a> is an organization that fights for the rights of all California citizens, regardless of race or color, and believes that government must judge all people equally, without discrimination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ballot Proposition Threatens to Create Bitter Racial Preferences A group of community leaders and politicians are warning California voters about the dangers of Proposition 16, which will appear on this November\u2019s ballot. 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