Busing and School Segregation Used for Politics not Policy
If children of all races went to the same schools with each other, it would be harder to treat them unequally.
Moreover, it would be harder for them to grow up prejudiced because they would have learned what it’s like to have classmates who are different from them.
And though most people agree with these premises in principle, our laws still refuse to make them a reality in fact.
Perhaps that’s why it was so astounding when Kamala Harris brought up the issue of school segregation and busing at the first Democratic debates.
If you’re anything like me, for the first time these debates made Harris look like a viable contender for the party’s Presidential nomination to face Republican incumbent Donald Trump in 2020.
During the debates, Harris called out front runner and former vice president Joe Biden for opposing court-ordered busing in the 1970s as a way of combating school CONTINUE READING: Busing and School Segregation Used for Politics not Policy | gadflyonthewallblog
