Entrepreneur and Political Activist

Ronald Unz

1 article 1999

Ron Unz is a software entrepreneur, publisher, and conservative political activist. He ran for governor of California in 1994 and became widely known for spearheading Proposition 227, the 1998 ballot initiative to end bilingual education in California. He contributed to The Weekly Standard on topics of Republican Party strategy and outreach.

THE RIGHT KIND OF OUTREACH FOR THE GOP

March 1, 1999 · Magazine

Republican leaders, worried about their party's lack of success among ethnic minorities, are reaching for just the wrong remedy. The GOP, they say, should stress symbolic ethnic outreach, while downplaying its principled opposition to affirmative action, bilingual education, and multiculturalism.…