华盛顿州在1998年通过了一个法案叫I-200,准则是Equality for All,其中最关键的一点就是在公共教育、政府工作等过程中,不能用种族、性别、肤色等因素给予优待。原文: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.
相关英文原文:
"Preferential treatment" means the act of using race, sex, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, and honorably discharged veteran or military status as the SOLE qualifying factor to select a lesser qualified candidate over a more qualified candidate for a public education, public employment, or public contracting opportunity.
关键之处是”the sole qualifying factor“,这意味着:政府机构或者公立学校,不可以优待“黑人”,因为这只考虑了一个因素(sole qualifying factor),但是可以优待“黑人”“女性”,因为考虑了两个因素。或者以此类推,只要考虑上面列举出来的中两个或以上的因素,比方说同时考虑race & ethinicity, 或者同时考虑nation origin & sexual orientation, 等等,同学们可以自由组合了。但是有一点是可以肯定的,不管如何组合,华裔,尤其是华裔男性,不会因为任何一项因素被列为会优待的对象的。
再举个例子:
以下符合录取标准的高中生同时申请西雅图华大:
A 白人男生
B 拉美裔男生
C 华裔男生
D 非州裔女生
谁应该被优待,receve preferential treatment?
答曰:D 因为她是非洲裔 + 女生,优待她,并非基于sole qualifying factor,而是基于 two factors。
这个恐怕是政客一定要通过I-1000的最主要原因之一了。I-1000大大增加了政府机关在所有公立教育和就业机会中的权利。I-1000其中一项就是成立一个州长指认的多元化委员会(committee on diversity, inclusion and equality),这个委员会有绝对的权利和解释权来决定到底谁可以被录取,谁可以拿到政府工作机会,谁可以拿到政府的合约。这里面的黑幕以及上述条款的不透明性,无非就是增加了政客操纵资源的机会,根本不可能帮助到I1000号称的弱势群体。
I-1000 promotes a bigger government role in public employment/education opportunities. Like you said, there will be a GOVERNOR APPOINTED committee on diversity, inclusion and equality responsible for enforcing that each state agency is compliance with this act. With I-1000, the government will have a much greater power over who is going to which school, who is going get hired and who wins a public contract. There will be MORE government control, LESS competition and efficiency, and less freedom for small businesses and individual tax payers.
Let People Vote这个campaign是为了让I-1000上公投(公投编号Referendum Measure 88, 简称R88),按照政府法规专门注册的政治campaign
官网地址: letpeoplevote.org
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