MaLikah Posted October 9, 2003 I am a former-Canadian who's been living in the States for the past couple of years. Now, for all you Canadians, I'm sure you can agree with me when I say, we know zilch about African American/Canadian history because they skipped that portion of our curriculum. What we also don't hear alot of in that part of the world is affirmative action. Recently, I was doing some research for an organization that I am apart of when I came across some interesting information. In California and Washington, they've pretty much gotten rid of affirmative action. Now, they have become the first 2 states to remove consideration of sex and race in the public sect. This has undoubtedly affected minorities in many areas, such as public contracting, housing, employment, and college/university admissions. As a university student myself, and an pro-affirmative action individual, I was shocked to find out about this. Needless to say, you definitely won't catch me in either states, but I wanted to know how you nomads felt about this issue. I know some Somalis don't feel they will be affected by this much, since they believe it was enacted for just African-Americans (in fact,it was for all minorities). So nomads, speak your minds. I want to know how you really think about the situation. Do you think this will affect you at all? How? And what will this do to the nation? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabbal Posted October 9, 2003 When you say Washington, do you mean Washington State? :eek: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaLikah Posted October 11, 2003 Yeah I do brah...its called the Washington State Initiative. I believe its been effective for the past couple of years. They put it into action rite after California, so I'd say since about, 1998-1999. Crazy huh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
