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Civil Rights

Jan. 5, 2000

Proposition 209 Aside, Race and Ethnic Bias Still Exist

By Thomas D. Elias The presumption when Californians ended all state-sanctioned affirmative action by passing Proposition 209 three years ago was that racial prejudice had become extinct, a thing of the past. After 30 years of preferences, the sponsors said, there was no more need for anything that smacked of reverse discrimination.

By Thomas D. Elias
        The presumption when Californians ended all state-sanctioned affirmative action by passing Proposition 209 three years ago was that racial prejudice had become extinct, a thing of the past. After 30 years of preferences, the sponsors said, there was no more need for anything that smacked of reverse discrimination.
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