The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reaffirms Opposition to the Akaka Bill

In a letter dated August 28, 2009 the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights reiterates its opposition to S. 1011, The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act 0f 2009.

“The Commission recommends against passage of the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act ... or any other legislation that would discriminate on the basis of race or national origin and further subdivide the American People into discrete subgroups accorded varying degrees of privilege.”

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Not only would the Akaka Bill discriminate on the basis of race, it discriminates against “native Hawaiians” on the basis of national origin.