But look under the other Bush

摘要

Inside Florida's legislature, he was praised as a visionary reformer. Outside, he was called a "crucifier" and a "bigot". As Governor Jeb Bush delivered Florida's annual state-of-the-state address on March 7th, 11,000 angry protesters on the steps of the Capitol in Tallahassee denounced his One Florida Initiative, a plan to end affirmative action—racial preference for non-Asian minorities—in admitting students to the state's public universities. Jesse Jackson and Kweisi Mfume of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People were among those who spoke to a crowd holding signs reading "End Racism Now" and "Pharaoh Bush: Let My People Go".