Has anything changed in the last half-century in the reality of American segregation. Not really. It's just de facto instead of de jure. After all, Connor and Maddie really do.
This is one of those studies that demonstrates things already well known by scholars of the relevant fields such as environmental history and environmental justice, but since it comes out.
Whether past or present, aggressively or passively, whites have always opposed meaningful integration of schools. Nikole Hannah-Jones' piece for the Times on busing is a great example of how this.
The nation never truly desegregated after Brown, but now it is resegregating as fast as possible, whether Baton Rouge or California. This story is from a couple of weeks ago,.
Housing and school segregation are of course deeply related. But if you think fighting de facto segregation in education is tough--just look at LGM comment threads anytime the white privilege.
Andre Perry with a great essay on how every single education reform ignores the critical issue--segregation. “In education, America does everything but equity.” With these words, Failing Brown v. Board,.
I suppose nostalgia is part of the human condition. But if so, then the human condition serves a distinctly politically conservative agenda because nostalgia is a no good horrible thing.
This is a great interview between Jeffrey Goldberg and the civil rights writer Nikole Hannah-Jones. Two critical points here. First, it's that our school segregation is the sign of an.
