<p>Ernie, </p>
<p>You are absolutely correct that Michigan voters did not vote to end racial preferences in 2004. They did so just 3 weeks ago, as you can verify by perusing this link:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.michigancivilrights.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.michigancivilrights.org/</a></p>
<p>Moreover, the success of the MCRI has groups in a number of other states preparing to get referenda on racial preferences on the ballot soon.</p>
<p>It's details like this, and the speed with which the debate surrounding AA evolves, that make citing ten year old opinion pieces only moderately effective, which was really my original point.</p>