Nebraska voters approved a ban on racial preferences on Tuesday, and Colorado voters appear to have rejected one (though it’s close and there’s still some provisional ballot-counting to do). Inside Higher Ed asks why Colorado has bucked a trend, given that California, Washington state, and Michigan also have passed bans in previous years. The apparent strategic lesson going forward, for the defenders of racial preferences: Say it’s a KKK initiative.
But even a quick glance at the No on 46 Web site shows a very different, and more aggressive, strategy than that used in other states. … On the No on 46 Web site, there is information about how the Ku Klux Klan backs the movement to bar affirmative action.