American Civil Rights Institute

From Ballotpedia

The American Civil Rights Institute or ACRI is a national organization, founded in 1996, that encourages states to pass legislation that ends racial preferences. It was founded by Ward Connerly and Dusty Rhodes.

For the November 2008 ballot, ACRI is sponsoring petition drives in up to five states--Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma--to place their preferred language before voters.

See also:

• Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (2006)
• California Proposition 209 (1996)

Stance on preferences for immigrants

In June 2007, ACRI issued a statement saying that it is opposed to extending any of America's existing racial preferences to new immigrants. The rationale for the ACRI position is that America's existing legally enforced racial preferences are based on a foundation of making up for past mistreatment in America. Since new immigrants, by definition, haven't received mistreatment in America, ACRI believes that immigrants should not benefit from them.^[1]

External links

• American Civil Rights Institute website
• Super Tuesday for Equal Rights, Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2008
• People for the American Way snapshot of ACRI (from an ideologically-opposed perspective)
• Media Transparency snapshot of ACRI (from an ideologically-opposed perspective)
• Michigan Civil Rights Initiative

References

1. ↑ National Leaders of American Civil Rights Institute Sign Open Letter to Congress; If Immigration bill is going to pass, amendment necessary to end cycle of preferences