Mitt Romney's Record On Affirmative Action In Massachusetts

Mitt Flip Sparked Public Furor For Rolling Back Decades Of Advances

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney scuttled the Massachusetts government's long-standing affirmative action policies with a few strokes of his pen on a sleepy holiday six months after he became governor.

No news conference or news release trumpeted Romney's executive order on Bunker Hill Day, June 17, 2003, in the deserted Statehouse. But when civil rights leaders, black lawmakers and other minority groups learned of Romney's move two months later, it sparked a public furor.

Romney drew criticism for cutting the enforcement teeth out of the law and rolling back more than two decades of affirmative action advances.

Civil rights leaders said his order stripped minorities, women, disabled people and veterans of equal access protections for state government jobs and replaced them with broad guidelines. They complained Romney hadn't consulted them before making the changes, snubbing the very kind of inclusion he professed to support.

"It was done under the radar and there was a big backlash," said Michael Curry, president of the Boston branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "It was clear Romney really did not have an appreciation for the affirmative action policies long in place."

His handling of affirmative action may offer insights into how he would deal with civil rights issues if he were to defeat Barack Obama, the nation's first black president, in the fall election. The Republican challenger hasn't talked much about affirmative action during the campaign.

Romney's campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

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Well, I mean blacks and minorities are different, and all.....

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Mitt Flip Sparked Public Furor For Rolling Back Decades Of Advances

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney scuttled the Massachusetts government's long-standing affirmative action policies with a few strokes of his pen on a sleepy holiday six months after he became governor.

No news conference or news release trumpeted Romney's executive order on Bunker Hill Day, June 17, 2003, in the deserted Statehouse. But when civil rights leaders, black lawmakers and other minority groups learned of Romney's move two months later, it sparked a public furor.

Romney drew criticism for cutting the enforcement teeth out of the law and rolling back more than two decades of affirmative action advances.

Civil rights leaders said his order stripped minorities, women, disabled people and veterans of equal access protections for state government jobs and replaced them with broad guidelines. They complained Romney hadn't consulted them before making the changes, snubbing the very kind of inclusion he professed to support.

"It was done under the radar and there was a big backlash," said Michael Curry, president of the Boston branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "It was clear Romney really did not have an appreciation for the affirmative action policies long in place."

His handling of affirmative action may offer insights into how he would deal with civil rights issues if he were to defeat Barack Obama, the nation's first black president, in the fall election. The Republican challenger hasn't talked much about affirmative action during the campaign.

Romney's campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/0 ... f=politics

Well, I mean blacks and minorities are different, and all.....

SHOCKED I tell ya... SHOCKED. Too bad he couldn't have rolled back fauxcahontas Elizabeth Warren while he was at it.

There are laws that, in the minority of instances where an injustice has actually taken place, provide for addressing that injustice. Hiring quotas to keep special interest groups appeased and campaign donations rolling in are an example of the corruption in government that should be done away with.

Interesting! According to the right, Mitt was pretty much a Dem when serving as governor in Massachussets. Good to see that he was willing to tackle reverse descrimination.