‘A failed experiment’: the racist legacy of California governor Pete Wilson

by Evelyn Reynolds 31 July 2020, 10:00 169 Views

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Former California governor Pete Wilson left the governor’s mansion in 1999, but his legacy lived on in the anti-diversity policies he championed and helped enshrine into California law.

As governor, Wilson used his pulpit to push reforms that were widely viewed as racist – including a ban on affirmative action, a prohibition on bilingual education, and an effort to exclude undocumented immigrants from public services.

Source: US Politics - theguardian.com

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‘A failed experiment’: the racist legacy of California governor Pete Wilson

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