Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative will ask voters through a ballot initiative this November to decide whether to abolish affirmative action for college admissions, government hiring and contracting - in effect changing the Michigan Constitution. Is this the right thing to do or do we still need Affirmative Action in Michigan?
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I have been approached by an older white lady in the store and asked to pick out her watermelon "because you people know how to pick them."
I have had my food chewed and spit back on my plate by a server at Red Lobster on 28th St. The police were called but nothing was done and I did not pursue a law suit but called the Corporate offices and I do not eat at Red Lobster.
An older white man stood at the end of the checkout lane at D and W (Breton/Burton) and he said to whoever was asking him what he was doing "I'm watching these niggers." I had my 3 young children with me and was not able to do anything at the time. No one at the store said anything and I just left and called the manager later.
I have been stopped by the police and asked if the car I was driving was mine and where was I going. I was issued no citation he simply got in his car and drove away.
On my job just recently a co-worker asked if I wanted to go to the play "Aida" and said "the cast is 80% African American" I went and since I didn't know the story I was shocked to see that the 80% cast were slaves in the story. She said "oh I forgot to tell you that."
At a convention for Girl Scout executive staff I was presented with a Golden Mrs. Butterworth (painted gold) bottle as an award called a Juliette after the founder Juliette Gordon Low. I found out later that there had been a conversation about the award and they were calling it an "Aunt Jemima" the night before. When I got back and showed it to my CEO she said surprisingly "they gave you an Aunt Jemima" I said "no it is a Mrs. Butterworth you know Aunt Jemima is on a box." I keep it by my display of racist memorabilia here in my office.
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