---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 00:12:09 +0000 From: Robert Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: California GOP Governor Pete Wilson abolishing affirmative actio California GOP Governor Pete Wilson yesterday issued an executive order abolishing affirmative action programs for California state contracts and ended all programs that promote opportunities for women and minority business owners to obtain state contracts. Meanwhile, a coalition of conservative groups, including the Institute for Justice and the American Civil Rights Institute, sent a letter to all 50 state attorneys general yesterday, urging them to examine state and local policies and do away with affirmative action programs. African-American legislators were outraged that the coalition was adopting the language of the civil rights movement from the 1960s in its campaign against affirmative action. Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL) said, "...It's Robin Hood in reverse .... They are trying to make people who are disadvantaged more disadvantaged." [Washington Times, 3/12/98; Los Angeles Times, 3/12/98] Robert Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
