Can we please have a conversation about ACA 5?

submitted by whereswhat from self.politics

The California ballot proposition ACA 5 is gaining a concerning amount of momentum. For those who don't know, ACA 5 will appear on the November 3, 2020 general election ballot, asking California voters to amend the Constitution of California to repeal 1996's Proposition 209. Proposition 209 prohibits the state from discriminating against, or granting 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, or public contracting.

Please read the wiki. The opposition section is quite informative.

I am doing everything I can personally to get in front of the propaganda coming our way on this. This includes but is not limited to talking to friends and family about it, bringing the issue up at SPUR, and attempting to remove the unbalanced template from the wiki page. Now, I am turning to SaidIt for help.

What ideas can we come up with to make sure this type of legislation fails for a fourth time?

Side note: this is my first post on this site. Woot.

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[–]slushpilot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The opposition section is quite informative

It is also 20x longer and much better sourced than the support section. Good luck California, knock this down.

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

True. We may be forced to add some content to the support section though in order to get the unbalanced template removed. We will see.

[–]scrubking 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Print out flyers and pass them out in the neighborhood

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

Thankfully, there is a group in my area that is already doing this. I would like to find a way to do that on a much larger scale though.

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

Welcome to Saidit !

I put this up on /s/California last week. Glad I'm not the only one concerned.

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

Ah I must have missed your post somehow. Thanks for sharing. There have also been other posts about this in /s/politics but none of the ensuing conversations were really focused on actions we could take as a community to combat this.

It's worth mentioning that California is among a small minority of states that currently have something like Prop 209 on the books. That means most of our country prescribes to legally structured racism already. So sad.

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

Potentially good news. Looks like my changes to the wiki article have not been contested after 30 hours now. Hoping it just stays that way since I used a pretty fool proof argument to back up my actions.