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Reject left’s racial quotas with HCR2001 | Arizona Capitol Times
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Instructing children “Vital Race Concept” is dangerous sufficient, however placing it into apply is even worse. That’s why Arizona voters deserve the possibility to move HCR2001 and make sure that state-run instructional establishments are stopped from discriminating towards potential lecturers, college students, and workers just because their pores and skin shade doesn’t examine the correct field.
Sponsored by Rep. Steve Kaiser, R-Phoenix, the proposed poll measure would strengthen Arizona’s present protections towards state-sanctioned racial discrimination in hiring and admissions — protections that Arizonans themselves overwhelmingly voted to enact within the state Structure in 2010, approving them by a 19-point margin.
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Sadly, underneath stress from the White Home and home-grown activists alike, efforts are being made to avoid these present protections. The “Advisable Subsequent Steps” from amongst members of the Scottsdale Unified Faculty District’s “Variety, Fairness, and Inclusion Planning & Implementation Crew” declared, as an illustration: “What are we hoping to attain…For the district’s subsequent steps can be taking a look at altering who they permit to rent on, by this I don’t imply take away from the superb workers that’s already there, however including to it with variety.”
In different phrases, whereas district staffers are completely satisfied to maintain their very own jobs, they consider no new candidates should be allowed the identical alternative until they’re sufficiently “various,” a euphemism the committee members themselves acknowledge refers solely to “hiring extra BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, and people of color] lecturers/workers.”
On the identical time, native activists just like the director of the “Racial Fairness Development Venture” on the conglomeration of Arizona company executives, Higher Phoenix Management, have not too long ago warned that “HCR2001 would constitutionally prohibit contracting fairness.”
“Prohibiting contracting fairness” certain feels like a foul concept, till one realizes that what the fairness guru is referring to is HCR 2001’s declaration that: “This state might not underneath any circumstance drawback or deal with in another way on the premise of race or ethnicity any particular person from amongst any pool of candidates, college students, staff or contract recipients when making a hiring, contracting, promotion or admission choice.”
In different phrases, “contracting fairness” is simply the warmed-over rebranding of racial discrimination in hiring and contracting practices. However no matter what its enablers would name it, HCR2001 would cease it.
In the meantime, the board president of Save Our Faculties Arizona not too long ago declared in opposition to HCR2001 — writing within the pages of this newspaper — that racism was a “zero-sum sport and that America’s redemption was depending on white males giving up jobs, cash and energy towards their will, for the betterment of all…They might by no means do it gladly, however sooner or later the nation…can be pressured to stability itself alongside intercourse and race traces…The unpaid debt of systemic oppression of girls and folks of shade would finally come due.”
Ethnic and racial quotas to “stability” out the outcomes desired by such “fairness” activists run counter to the basic American ultimate of equality earlier than the legislation. Our state establishments — together with our faculties and faculties — should reject these efforts to cut back people to their pores and skin shade.
Sadly, such efforts are more and more additionally being promoted from the federal authorities, with President Joe Biden’s White Home not solely calling for the implementation of the teachings of Ibram Kendi and the 1619 Venture into Ok-12 curriculum, however insisting that federal grants be situationed on faculties’ adherence to “fairness,” and demanding the proliferation of “chief variety officers” rather than these selling “equal employment alternative.” Arizona should make sure that such ideological radicalism is just not used as a pretext to stress or permit our state faculties to deal with any particular person as lesser on account of his or her race.
There isn’t a doubt that Arizona college students will profit if state lawmakers cease public faculties from educating children to deal with one another in another way primarily based upon race. However finally, actions converse louder than phrases, and our public instructional establishments should lead by instance and by no means scale back our lecturers, college students, or workers to merely the colour of their pores and skin. HCR2001 will guarantee they by no means do.
Matt Beienburg is director of schooling coverage and director of the Van Sittert Heart for Constitutional Advocacy on the Goldwater Institute.
LAWRENCE, Kan. — On Wednesday night, the Kansas Jayhawks secured their second Big 12 victory of the season in dominant fashion, shutting down Arizona State 74-55 with a suffocating defensive display.
The Jayhawks trailed early in the first half but came alive defensively after the break, holding the Sun Devils to just 13 points in the second half. Kansas forced 18 turnovers, collected 13 steals, and blocked five shots in what head coach Bill Self described as an “exceptional” defensive effort.
“Well, we were great defensively. I mean, who would have thought we shot the ball worse the second half from two, we shot it worse from three, and basically held them to 11,” Self said. “And then they get the layup there right at the very end, but, yeah, that was exceptional.”
Self also pointed out that Arizona State’s lack of depth played a role in their struggles.
“Now, granted, they didn’t have as much depth tonight, so their guys got tired, I thought,” Self said. “But Rylan [Griffen] was terrific. And, you know, [Shakeel Moore] is a difference-maker defensively […] and then everybody else was better the second half.”
Despite the defensive heroics, Kansas had its own offensive challenges. Big man Hunter Dickinson had a rough night, shooting just 5-for-15 from the field. Self acknowledged the uneven offense but praised his team for stepping up on the other end of the floor.
“I don’t think we played great by any stretch offensively. [Hunter Dickinson] is 5-for-15, and some different things, but defensively, that’s about as turned up as I’ve seen a team for an entire half,” Self said.
The win improved Kansas to 11-3 overall and 2-1 in Big 12 play, giving the Jayhawks back-to-back victories after a tough conference-opening loss to West Virginia.
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How different are violent crime rates in Arizona’s fifteen counties?
Arizona’s Department of Public Safety maintains a reporting website to track crime statistics.
According to the data and balancing for population, Maricopa County has the highest violent crime rate in the state. There were 224 violent crime incidents in the first half of the year for every 100,000 residents. In nearly every other county the violent crime rate ranged between 110 and 116 per capita.
The lowest crime rates were found in the counties bordering New Mexico and La Paz.
Compared to average violent crime rates in the first half of each of the past five years 2024 rates are down in twelve of fifteen counties. Gila, La Paz, and Pima are reporting significant declines in violent crime rates to their average. The three counties with higher rates in 2024 are Mohave, Navajo, and Santa Cruz.
Along with tracking the crimes themselves DPS also tracks clearance rates. This is when the suspected perpetrator of a crime is either charged or deceased.
A little over one-third of violent crimes in Arizona’s two urban counties, Maricopa and Pima, are reported as cleared.
The lowest clearance rate is in Apahce County at 9% and the highest is in La Paz where the clearance rate is reported at 100%.
ABC 15 also analyzed the number of violent crimes committed by weapon type and found about one in four violent crimes since 2020 involved a firearm across the state. Percentages are higher in Maricopa and Pima, and much lower in Coconino, Navajo, and Gila counties.
In that same time frame, arrestees of a violent crime are overwhelmingly male. About four violent crimes are committed by men for one committed by a woman. The ratio of victims of violent crimes is almost even, with slightly more men than women being victimized.
Los Angeles emergency resources being pushed to limit fighting wildfires
The Los Angeles fire department is requesting back up from California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington to fight the growing wildfires.
The California winds are blowing their way to Arizona.
Sean Benedict, lead meteorologist for the National Weather Service Phoenix, projected winds could reach 40 mph, affecting travel, especially along Interstate 10 going westbound. Wind gusts could complicate driving, especially for larger vehicles on roads with crosswinds, and blowing dust or sand could lower visibility, the weather service said.
“Now is the time to tie down any loose items,” the National Weather Service office in Phoenix said Tuesday in a post on the social platform X.
A wind advisory released by the the weather service on Tuesday for areas of Southern California, including Joshua Tree National Park and Chiriaco Summit, advised winds would push east toward Arizona through Wednesday. The Phoenix Valley’s eastern high terrain could see wind gusts exceed 50 mph, according to the weather service.
Northeast of Phoenix, parts of the southeast Valley and the northern terrain would see the brunt of the winds, however. The weather service said wind gusts would see their peak through 2 p.m. Wednesday and hit up to 30 mph.
Dust prompted A No Burn Day to be issued by the Maricopa County Air Quality Department, which urged residents to refrain from burning wood in fireplaces, stove, chimeneas and outdoor fire pits and avoid using leaf blowers.
The Republic reporters Karen Bartunek and Hayleigh Evans contributed to this article.
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