7/29/2019 Petition for Oct. 15th
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All Out to Defend Afrmative Action, Minority PoliticalRights
& Immigrant Rights
at the U.S. Supreme Court in D.C. on Oct. 15th!Sign the petition
to demand that all Detroit area school students receive an excused
absenceparticipate in a thousands strong demonstration at the
Supreme Court in D.C. Oct. 15th!
BAMNs case (Schuette v. BAMN) is about the protection of the
political rights and educational futures of black, Latina/o and
other
minority residents under the Equal Protection Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment during the period of the greatest demographic
change that the
nation has ever faced, from majority white to majority minority
nation.
OurcaseseekstooverturnProposal2,whichbansafrmativeactionanddeniestoblack&Latina/ocitizensthepoliticalrighteventoproposethatafrmativeaction
policies be used to reverse the drop in minority enrollment at
Michigans public universities, even though these are the only
policies that can address this problem, which is caused by
Michigans nationally recognized pattern of intense segregation
and inequality. Proposal 2 creates an admission system where the
universities pretend that race and racism do
not
exist.Proposal2violatesthe14thAmendmentsEqualProtectionClausebecauseitmeansthatawhitemajorityhassuppressedbasicpoliticalrightsofblackandLatina/ocitizens.
AfrmativeActionprogramswerewonoutofthe struggles of the last
civil rights movement. It will be what we do in the streets that
wins this case and restore
afrmativeactionandminoritypoliticalrightsandwincitizenshiprightsforimmigrantsinthiscountry.Towin,wemust
demonstrate in the thousands outside the court!
Wemustshakethewindowswithourvoices&bringthemovementintothecourtroom!We
are in a new phase of struggle for human equality, dignity and
equal rights
in America. The millions of immigrants, mostly Latina/o, who
started their great march in 2006, are just beginning their ght to
make America everyones nation. (-From
BAMNs brief in Schuette v. BAMN)
ThiscaseconcernseverystudentintheDetroitareaandeveryschoolboardandcitycouncilshouldendorsethedefenseofafrmativeactionandminority
political rights. Schools should allow excused absences for Oct.
14th and 15th so students can make the trip to march for their
futures!
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