If the Ku Klux Klan thinks that equality is right, God bless them. Thank them for finally reaching the point where logic and reason are being applied, instead of hate. (Ward Connerly, 2006) 1 In 2006, the voters of Michigan passed the "Michigan Civil Rights Initiative," which effectively outlawed race-based affirmative action in their state. Ward Connerly, Black chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute, garnered
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