A real "April Fool"

On this April 1st, we would like to take a moment to call out one of the bigger "fools" who is spreading lies and misinformation on Affirmative Action across the country. We'd also like to share some of the amazing work students are doing in which they are "taking affirmative action" on their campuses and communities by doing events, actions, teach-ins, and a slew of other events to spread the truth on affirmative action.

So who are we talking about? None other than California's own, Ward Connerly. Recent reports indicate that California businessman Ward Connerly is attempting to qualify for the November 2008 ballot, anti-affirmative action initiatives in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.

Well, he's got one hell of a fight in front of him if these folks have anything to say about it

Connerly, who on Wednesday traveled to Jefferson City to build support among lawmakers for what is known as the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative, spoke for nearly two hours before a largely hostile audience that frequently jeered, interrupted and laughed at some of his more contentious statements.

Already they are giving Ward a run for his money (and he's got plenty of it, being funded by extremist nuts and all), but we need your help spreading the word and donating if you can (unlike Ward, our people powered movement is not made of money) because with the proper resources, our heart(and the truth, of course) can and will trump their greed any day!

Sadly, Ward doesn't care about the negative effects that his life's work is having on universities.
From the Nation:

Jarring statistics about UCLA's freshman class this year testify to Prop 209's devastating impact on diversity in higher education. Only 100 African-Americans enrolled--2 percent of the 4,802 total and twenty-five fewer than last year. Twenty of those 100 were recruited athletes. This year's number is the lowest in more than thirty years--particularly troubling considering that the percentage of African-American applicants who meet minimum requirements to be considered eligible for admission to the University of California system has risen steadily in the past decade.

So what's it going to be? Are we going to try to pretend that we've made it to the "other side" of the mountain and are now living in a color-blind society, or are we going to do what's made this nation great, strap our boots on, and fight like hell to ensure that the institutions and systems around us reflect the society we all wish to see and live in?