Seattle

The deep-blue state of Washington decided 21 years ago to end race-based affirmative action in college admissions and public hiring. Fifty-eight percent of voters approved Initiative 200 in 1998 to prevent the government “from discriminating or granting preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, education, and contracting.” But in April, Democrats in Olympia brought racial preferences back to the Evergreen State by passing a measure called Initiative 1000....