This article is well worth reading.
Thank you, Steven Singer.
It is going to be hugely difficult to change this mind-set. We have been trying to move away from racism for a very, very long time.
The only thing that may ultimately change this is the shifting demographics. Eventually, white people will be in the minority in this country, and if the citizens of color vote in enough numbers, things will change.
School segregation is bad.
Still.
It is shocking to me that in 2017 making this argument remains necessary.
But everywhere you look in the education debate you’ll find people clinging to their segregated charter schools, pushing for more segregated school vouchers, and lobbying to increase segregation at our traditional public schools.
You might be forgiven for thinking that the issue was resolved way back in 1954 when the US Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case.
Justices decided that it was unconstitutional to have substandard schools for black and minority students while also maintaining pristine schools for white children, as was the practice in most parts of the country at the time.
They struck down the previous justification of “separate but equal” because when you have separate schools, they are rarely equal.
You might think that’s just common sense. When you…
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BLOGGYWOCKY 
I never realized this until Hillary was talking about last year during the campaign.
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