Proposal 2...
I support Proposal 2.
I thinks it's important for people to support it.
It's silly for people to be against proposal 2 because the democratic party in general is.
You should read it.
I thinks it's important for people to support it.
It's silly for people to be against proposal 2 because the democratic party in general is.
You should read it.
According to Susan W. Kaufmann, Associate Director, Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan:
"If enacted, this proposal, could severely harm Michigan’s economy as well as eliminate opportunities for women and racial/ethnic minorities. For example, the amendment could:
* Eliminate programs that help women achieve pay equity with men. Michigan women are paid 67 cents for every dollar men earn;
* Eliminate programs that encourage women to enter fields where they are underrepresented and could earn higher wages;
* Eliminate outreach and other programs that inform women and minorities of opportunities to earn public contracts;
* Eliminate other areas of government employment.
* Eliminate elementary and high school level reading, science and math programs for female and minority students; and
* The amendment could eliminate scholarships and programs that encourage women and minorities to enter medical, science and engineering careers.
Among many other things. Proposals/legislation can sound morally good, but you have to think about what they will mean in the law, how courts and judges will interpret them. Proposal 209, almost exactly the same as our Proposal 2, was passed in California in 1996.
"The California experience suggests that the people of Michigan can expect the impact of the initiative to be quite broad, affecting not only affirmative action but also outreach efforts designed to ensure access to opportunity. California courts have consistently construed Prop. 209 broadly, striking down not only those programs that were designed to benefit racial and ethnic minorities or women, or that included participation goals, but even those that sought to remedy documented patterns of discrimination.
Prop. 209 has resulted in the elimination of services such as college preparation programs for students of color, summer science programs for girls, outreach to minority- and women-owned businesses to notify them of government contracting opportunities, and funding for training of minority professionals in fields where they are underrepresented. It has ended the requirement that state boards reflect the population of the state and also ended numerous voluntary K- 12 school integration efforts. It has led to significant decreases in government contracts awarded to minority- and women-owned businesses, hiring of minority and female university professors, college enrollment of minority students, and the percentage of women working in the construction trades."
"In September 1997, Governor Pete Wilson held a press conference to announce a list of over 30 “offending statutes” that he believed violated Prop. 209 and called on the legislature to repeal or amend them. The following programs were on his list:
• Pre-college outreach and preparation for low-income and minority students, including reading, math, science, SAT preparation, academic preparation and college outreach and information.
• The California Summer Science and Technology Academy, which was “developed and operated to identify public high school pupils with high academic potential in mathematics, science, and technology, with an emphasis on females and minority members, to participate in university based research programs.”
• Outreach and funding for women and minority math, science and technology teachers.
• A program helping paraprofessional teachers become fully licensed teachers, with an emphasis on training minorities.
• Programs helping minorities and women become apprentices in the skilled trades.
• Higher education funding for training of minority health professionals, who tend to be more likely to practice in underserved communities.
• Scholarships, fellowships and grants at all levels of education that take into consideration race, gender, ethnicity or national origin.
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