Thank you for fighting on behalf of racial equality!

感谢你们为维护种族平等而战

Just heard about the news on ACA5 and Prop 209. I have sent a donation by Paypal, and another one by check ($2092.09 from "XZY Charitable Fund" to SVCAF at the Fremont address.) I hope it comes in useful for you in media fights and for public awareness. (Please keep my donation anonymous, by the way).

I am ABC, born and raised in the USA, I believe in equal rights for Americans of all races, colors, backgrounds, and identities, and support the fight against racial discrimination. I saw the article in LAIst by Josie Huang[1] and I find that the media overwhelmingly tries to frame people fighting for racial equality and Prop 209 as a small minority of "Asian/Chinese parents" who are out of touch and misguided. Yet there are tons of Americans of all sorts of backgrounds who are mobilized in this fight.

For someone of my background who applied to college in 2009, having Proposition 209 in California brought me reassurance that I would be treated fairly when I applied to UC Berkeley and UCLA. I hope to keep this preserved for the next generation of college applicants in the 2020s. I find that in my generation (born in 1990s), we are often not educated about what Prop 209 is, or many of my classmates do not have accurate information on what affirmative action means.

I think drawing attention to the original creator of the California Civil Rights Initiative, its original champion Ward Connerly, and to the real meaning of prop 209, is a great idea. I like your PowerPoint and the change.org [2] petition where you explained this. I find that one thing is people often get confused by the wording, since there are so many negatives and double-negatives in the legal language. It''s always a stronger argument to rally people for a powerful cause. I find a framing like this may be helpful:

Preserve the California Civil Rights Initiative! Support racial equality in education and hiring - oppose ACA5