As soon as Ward Connerly entered the hearing room in California's state Capitol one evening last month, a young black man rushed up and grabbed his hand. But this was no friendly welcome. "Mr. Connerly, you're a traitor," the man said angrily, gripping hard and not letting go. "You're an embarrassment to your race."
Connerly wrenched free and told the man to "have a nice day." For the courtly black businessman who led California's campaign to end race- and gender-based affirmative-action policies--first at the University of California, where he is on the board of regents, then throughout state and local government...
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