'De facto' discrimination in Connecticut: Where is the outrage? - Wait, What?

'De facto' discrimination in Connecticut: Where is the outrage? - Wait, What?

‘De facto’ discrimination in Connecticut: Where is the outrage?

by jonpelto

What if it became clear that a public school in Connecticut wouldn’t accept many African American children or children from single parent households or children who come from households with same sex parents?

There would be outrage, demonstrations would be held and politicians would act to put an end to the “de facto” discrimination that was taking place in our state.

“De facto” discrimination is where the discriminatory practice isn’t built into the law, but into the practices of government, an organization or society.  While the law doesn’t require the discrimination, the discrimination exists nonetheless.

The Jim Crow laws were an example of legal (de jure) discrimination.  The segregation and discrimination that continued after those laws were repealed by the 1964 Civil Rights act