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Affirmative Action: Pro and Con
Tuesday, April 25, 2000

Speakers

William Bagley
Regent, University of California

Ward Connerly
Regent, University of California. President, American Civil Rights Institute. Author of the book, Creating Equal: My Fight Against Race Preference.

Begun in the 1960s, government affirmative action policies are now in retreat in California, Washington, Florida, and many other states and localities in the U.S. Will such changes end America’s racial divide or merely intensify it? Can the American Dream be colorblind or are racial preferences necessary to right the wrongs of past discrimination? Is affirmative action a force for fairness and justice or instead merely a “feel good” policy that cloaks the real barriers to social and economic advancement for the most disadvantaged? Ward Connerly and William Bagley, two distinguished members of the Board of Regents at the University of California, will debate this very timely and crucial issue.