Tag: race
Jargonauts: California’s and the Nation’s Bane
Jargon has its place – quite often an important place. At sea, there is a reason for words like port and starboard, lines and yards, and fore and aft. Every communication must be specific, correct, and not open to misinterpretation....
Unruh Civil Rights Act in California
Civil Code Section 51(a) created the Unruh Civil Rights Act, which provides that all persons in California are free and equal, and no matter what their sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status,...
‘Cut-and-Paste’ Governmental Anti-Racism Group’s Overt Political Agenda
Like so many organizations and foundations and inter-governmental efforts, it has a “who could complain about that?” name: the Government Alliance on Race and Equity, GARE for short. And like so many similar organizations, GARE has very specific political agenda...
San Francisco Elections Commission Backtracks on Sacking Director John Arntz
Two weeks ago, I reported on the decision of the San Francisco Election Commission to not renew the term of John Arntz, by a 4-2 vote, who is completing his fourth 5-year stint as Director of the San Francisco Department of...
San Francisco Elections Director Could Lose His Job Because He is White
The Merriam Webster online dictionary defines the word alliteration as: Alliteration (noun) uh-lit-uh–rey-shuhn: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs). Called also head rhyme, initial rhyme. I gained an appreciation for writing from my...
Prohibited California State Agency Discrimination
Article 9.5 of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the California Government Code concerns discrimination. Government Code Section 11135 prohibits any person in the State of California from being unlawfully denied full and equal...