The California legislature has now voted to strike these words from our state constitution: “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.”

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[–]happysmash27 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I am so shocked and horrified I literally shouted "WHAT‽‽‽‽‽" in real life!

Does anyone have a source for this? Is it really, truly real?? If so, I am truly horrified about this =(´O ᨓ O`)= !

I might actually consider taking to the streets with this if it is real. This is absolutely unacceptable.

[–]ManWithABanana 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is probably related to the affirmative action ballot measure.

In the '90s we voted to rescind affirmative action and (gasp!) instead bring people into college based on ability instead of race.

Last week the California legislature put this on the ballot for November - shall we have affirmative action again for Cal universities ?

Pathetic.

News story : https://www.nbcbayarea.com/california-3/university-of-california-endorses-affirmative-action-measure/2309712/

[–]yellow_algebra_31 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

How is this legal? Doesn't the US constitution prohibit this kind of discrimination too?

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And California of all places?

[–]whereswhat 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

California is actually one of only a handful of states with language in their constitution prohibiting discrimination like this.

[–]whereswhat 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah this whole thing is insane. Check out the floor speech from San Jose representative Evan Low:

https://youtu.be/dP4LieEaoJ4

Talk about mental gymnastics.

[–]Dr_Bukkake 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

So does that mean Affirmative Action is gone?

[–]Questionable[S] 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

The exact opposite actually. It means they can now favor minorities even more than Affirmative Action already does, and discriminate openly against whites.

[–]Dr_Bukkake 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I should have known that the last place common sense would happen would be California.

[–]whereswhat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Most states don't even have language like this in their constitution to repeal in the first place.

[–]UnrulyAnteater 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The reverse could be true, too.

[–]Questionable[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The constitution of the united states was written with neutral dialect, that favors no one. Unless you can cite an example where such language in governance is detrimental to the people, your simple inversion of the argument doesn't stand up. As a side note, such distortions of logic and words are how corporations and corrupt governments accomplish their goals in plain sight.

[–]jamesK_3rd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ironically, what gorsuch did when he reinterpreted sex and gender into the constitution besides destroy religious freedom forever, it actually opens up some pretty interesting ideas for challenging affirmative action, as well as things like women's or men's exclusive bathrooms, clubs or colleges.

Some pervert Will come along and decide he's had enough of not being able to go into women's restrooms legally to check out little girls, because he feels pretty. And there's a pretty good chance he's gonna win.

Beyond all that, if i we're in a red state, i'd be demanding my governor and legislators place a 10 or 15 year moratorium on people from California getting state citizenship, purchasing land, driving privileges etc. We've already seen it can be done via covid. I'd make them pay taxes to California and the new state by granting them some type of dual residency status.

[–]ctvzbuxr 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What the fuck