Tuesday, February 06, 2007
I have the power!
Moon! Ah, the good old Graduate Assembly. Never afraid to demand more power at the cost of fairness.
The assembly's affirmative action policy states that it "does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, color, ethnicity, age, political persuasion, country of origin, sexual orientation, or disability, and is an affirmative action employer and appointer." That seems tough to square with Prop 209. Actually, it seems tough to square with itself. Anyway, the Graduate Assembly revised its rules to make it clear that it has the power to revoke funding to anyone who offends a black finance committee member.
"Nothing in the law requires us to revoke funding," said Philip Wolgin, an assembly delegate who authored the bill. "If it is someone going against the nondiscrimination policy, it's well within our right to revoke funding." Oh, nothing requires it, it's merely within their right. This makes it easier to treat people of different races differently. It's that all-important "discretion."
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