Since we have I-200, isn't this illegal?

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A snippet from a story in the Seattle Times:

Kelley, who works with students in the city as assistant director of diversity outreach and recruitment at UW-Bothell, said he was working on programs to help the school's football players succeed academically.

Now, as I recall, I-200 was voted into law and found to be Constitutional. For those who either don't remember or weren't here, this is what it says:

AN ACT Relating to prohibiting government entities from discriminating or granting preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin; and adding new sections to chapter 49.60 RCW.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.

(2) This section applies only to action taken after the effective date of this section.

(3) This section does not affect any law or governmental action that does not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.

(4) This section does not affect any otherwise lawful classification that:

(a) Is based on sex and is necessary for sexual privacy or medical or psychological treatment;
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(b) Is necessary for undercover law enforcement or for film, video, audio, or theatrical casting;
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(c) Provides for separate athletic teams for each sex.

(5) This section does not invalidate any court order or consent decree that is in force as of the effective date of this section.

(6) This section does not prohibit action that must be taken to establish or maintain eligibility for any federal program, if ineligibility would result in a loss of federal funds to the state.

(7) For the purposes of this section, "state" includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the state itself, any city, county, public college or university, community college, school district, special district, or other political subdivision or governmental instrumentality of or within the state.

(8) The remedies available for violations of this section shall be the same, regardless of the injured party's race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin, as are otherwise available for violations of Washington antidiscrimination law.

(9) This section shall be self-executing. If any part or parts of this section are found to be in conflict with federal law, the United States Constitution, or the Washington state Constitution, the section shall be implemented to the maximum extent that federal law, the United States Constitution, and the Washington state Constitution permit. Any provision held invalid shall be severable from the remaining portions of this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act shall be known and cited as the Washington State Civil Rights Act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act are each added to chapter 49.60 RCW.

Now, I get that a whole lot of people, like our local rag, assured us that passage of I-200 would mean the end of the world as we know it. They were lying, as liberals are wont to do. But good, bad or indifferent, it's the law.

And that begs the issue: with I-200 in place, how is it that a position at the UW-Bothell such as "assistant director of diversity outreach and recruitment at UW-Bothell" exists at UW-Bothell or anywhere else in our "public college or university" system?

The title infers that the focus on recruitment is that of what used to be called, pre-I 200, "minority" students.

The law seems to clearly say that NO ONE will be granted "preferential treatment" based on "race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin."

Now, it seems to me that the entire purpose of a position like "assistant director of diversity outreach and recruitment at UW-Bothell" flies in the face of the law the people passed.

How many of these positions exist? How many millions of dollars have they cost us? What about the law?

I'm going to find out and I'll get back to you.
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