Reality-BasedTM Political Numbers from Nicholas Beaudrot
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Reality-BasedTM Political Numbers from Nicholas Beaudrot
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Is your school district trying to prevent re-segregation? Too bad:
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected school assignment plans that take account of students' race in two major public school districts. The decisions could imperil similar plans nationwide.
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Louisville's schools spent 25 years under a court order to eliminate the effects of state-sponsored segregation. After a federal judge freed the Jefferson County, Ky., school board, which encompasses Louisville, from his supervision, the board decided to keep much of the court-ordered plan in place to prevent schools from re-segregating.
Look, I appreciate the conservatives desire for a color blind society, I just disagree that it's feasible in the short-term. Chief Justice Roberts "commented that the legacy of the [C]ourt's landmark ruling Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954 outlawing state-sponsored segregated schools should be race blind programs". I wholeheartedly agree. But I will be shocked if we reach the point where race blind programs do not result in de facto discrimination in John Roberts'slifetime.
Justice Kennedy left the door open, stating that only these race-based programs were illegitimate, and that perhams some race-based program to establish diversity might be found constitutional. So, there is a glimmer of hope, but that's all.
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updated by Nicholas Beaudrot on 08:47 28 June 2007
