BAMN Deposition of Ward Connerly (Part 1 of 8)

As part of BAMN's lawsuit against Ward Connerly's anti-affirmative-action amendment to the Michigan Constitution, Proposal 2, BAMN did a legal deposition of WARD CONNERLY, the architect of the bans on affirmative action in Michigan, California, and Washington. If successful, this lawsuit would restore affirmative action in all the U.S. states that have banned it.

WARD CONNERLY is the frontman for the national right-wing attack on affirmative action and integration programs in colleges and K-12 education. He is currently trying to qualify anti-affirmative-action ballot initiatives for the November 2008 ballot in five states: Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.

SHANTA DRIVER conducted the deposition. She is a civil rights attorney and the national co-chair of BAMN, the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary.

To donate to the case and to get more information about the new civil rights movement, go to BAMN.COM

The video is divided into 8 parts:
1. Intro - Interview with Ward Connerly and Shanta Driver on NPR (Jan. 31, 2008)
2. The relevance of the SAT; Does going to a top college matter?
3. Resegregating the University of California (part 1)
4. Resegregating the University of California (part 2)
5. Affirmative action as the only way to integrate higher education
6. Empowering white people to vote on minorities' rights; Racially-targeted voter fraud in Michigan
7. Are minority students "mismatched" at top universities?
8. "Segregation need not be racist"

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[punkla0001]

I pray that the Supreme Court rules in our favor.

[punkla0001]

Don't lose hope, MLK marched for all peoples. The dream is not achieved yet, as long as people endure racism in their hearts and minds!!!!

[punkla0001]

If your Brown you are an amalgamation and by nature included!!!!

[punkla0001]

Fight on, we need to show the real racism here in USA. Affirmative Action is a must, until the majority realizes that we are all one people of the medicine wheel. Red, Black, White and Yellow!!!! If your Brown you st

[portalplayer]

@cephron333 as for minorities, since prop 209 has been passed, the asian population has increased throughout the UC and CSU campuses. It is clear that asian students were being discriminated against because of their ethnicity. They were being turned away for lesser qualified people.

[portalplayer]

@cephron333 who is to say women and minorities dont start off with equal or better opportunities.

Women outnumber men in a lot of college campuses right now. in the UC and CSU campuses since prop 209 has been passed, the female population on those campuses have all exceeded the male population. More women are graduating with college degrees than men are.

[SimulacrumMaster]

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." - MLK Jr.

Every time you support racial-preference policy like affirmative action you're stabbing a dagger into the heart of Dr. King's dream.

[cephron333]

@yak6ex Create a new world where there is no more racial or sexual discrimination, and where women and minorities start off with the same educational and economic opportunities as whites and white men, in particular...Not so simple.

[yak6ex]

Score higher on the SATs and you get into a better college, simple.