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American Civil Rights Institute
The American Civil Rights Institute is an American American conservatism, conservative non-profit organization that opposes Affirmative action in the United States, affirmative action. It was founded by Ward Connerly and Thomas L. Rhodes, Thomas L. "Dusty" Rhodes in 1996 in Sacramento, California. As of 2017 it operates from a mailing address in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It has also been called the American Civil Rights Coalition. The organization's goals are diametrically opposed to those pursued by the majority of civil rights organizations. It describes itself as "a national civil rights organization created to educate the public on the harms of racial and gender preferences." It argues that programs intended to help minorities discriminate against non-miniority people. Ward Connerly describes his work as "fiercely committed to the ideal of a Color blindness (racial classification), color-blind America." The organization pays an unusually large amount of money to its executive, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward Connerly
Wardell Anthony "Ward" Connerly (born June 15, 1939) is an American political and anti-affirmative action activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent (1993–2005). He is also the founder and the chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute, a national non-profit organization in opposition to racial and gender preferences, and is the president of Californians for Equal Rights, a non-profit organization active in the state of California with a similar mission. He is considered to be the man behind California's Proposition 209 prohibiting race- and gender-based preferences in state hiring, contracting and state university admissions, a program known as affirmative action. Early life Wardell Anthony Connerly was born in Leesville, Louisiana in 1939. Connerly has said that he is one-fourth black and half-white, with the rest a mix of Irish, French, and Choctaw American Indian. He identifies as multiracial. He grew up in an African-American community, but the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |