Saturday, April 30, 2011

Nov. 3, 1997
A state ban in California, "Proposition 209," passed that banned all forms of affirmative action. "The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting." This declaration, proposed in '96, stayed in the courts for almost a year before it was passed.

Dec. 3, 1998
Washington became the second state to ban affirmative action policies when it passed the "Initiative 200," which was similar to P 209.

Feb. 22, 2000
Florida baned race as factor in college admissions, following Gov. Jeb Bush's "One Florida" initiative which aimed at eventually abolishing all affirmative action in the state.

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