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The puzzle piece was already lost
I appreciate your reply, and you obviously do know a lot about the system and the way it worked. I must add that my parents were both products of Washington state public schools, and my maternal grandparents were both public high school teachers in a culturally diverse community in Eastern Washington for over thirty years. My family cares deeply ...
Posted to The Breakfast Table by Kristine on July 6, 2007
Freedom, the Constitution and failed social theory
As I understand it, the Brown decision did not order racially mixed schools. It ordered the removal of laws and policies prohibiting racially mixed schools. The principle it upheld was racial nondiscrimination. I originally supported busing because I assumed that busing was a temporary (like, maybe a decade or two) remedy to ...
Posted to The Breakfast Table by Iwasblind on July 5, 2007