Article: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION HIRES PROVE THEIR METTLE.(NEWS)

Byline: Clarence Page

WASHINGTON -- As the battle over affirmative action heats up, I am bracing myself for the time when my side - the side that supports it - loses.

The winners will be my rivals like Ward Connerly, the black businessman who led the anti-affirmative action proposition that California voters passed in November.

Connerly recently formed an organization to spread the movement to other states.

Martin Luther King III organized a group to counter Connerly's.

But though King's organization may have some successes, ultimately the pro-affirmative action side will lose.

Affirmative action was never supposed ...

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