Man Behind California Proposal Has Felt Racism's Sting

By Kit Lively

Race, Ward Connerly says, "is the raw nerve of the nation.

"That nerve is always exposed. When you touch it, there is going to be a reaction. The universities have that nerve exposed more than any other segment of our society."

Knowing that, why did he insist that the University of California Board of Regents -- on which he sits --...