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Three theses on assimilation, immigration, and culture
In 2019, I volunteered on a campaign to stop Washington State’s Initiative 1000, which would have legalized racial discrimination in employment, college admissions, and government contracting. On one side: the state’s Democratic machine, left-wing NGOs, progressive media, and major corporations. On the other: a small band of conservatives and mostly non-ideological Asian Americans who opposed the measure as discrimination operating under the guise of “diversity.”
Despite being vastly outspent, our campaign won. Washington State voters upheld the standard of colorblind equality by a margin of 21,000 votes. It was a grassroots campaign that relied on earned media, word-of-mouth, and behind-the-scenes organizing.
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Christopher F. Rufo is a senior fellow and director of the Initiative on Critical Race Theory at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor of City Journal
This piece originally appeared in City Journal.