Racism: Failing now, failing tomorrow, failing forever

[Legion Troll]

Doesn't "the white areas" strike you as being odd? What about the wealthy minorities, where do they live and how are their schools?

It's so cute when the white boys white-splain how there's no racism involved in school segregation.

 

[christiefan915]

Ok...what does this have to do with racism? There wasn't a thing said in this article that isn't also true of the far less affluent, predominately white, rural small town I grew up in and thousand of small towns like them throughout the country.

"The proportion of schools segregated by race and class — where more than 75 percent of children receive free or reduced-price lunch and more than 75 percent are black or Hispanic..."

There are fewer blacks and Hispanics in the population than whites, yet the stat is saying the poorer district has the vast majority of them.And further in the article it's stated "As the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi put it, Cleveland, Mississippi — a town of 12,000 bisected by railroad tracks that divided white families from black — has been running an illegal dual system for its children, failing year after year to reach the “greatest degree of desegregation possible.”

 

[Legion Troll]

No racism here....

 

[christiefan915]

It's so cute when the white boys white-splain how there's no racism involved in school segregation.

The article spells it out pretty clearly, especially the part about Cleveland, MS which is probably only one example of it.

 

[Legion Troll]

The article spells it out pretty clearly, especially the part about Cleveland, MS which is probably only one example of it.

That's too many words for the white-splainers to read.

 

[christiefan915]

And what are those numbers when you add rural and small town white kids? Does the author believe that only people who live in urban areas count?

The study doesn't name the schools except for the one in MS so why do you think it's only about urban areas?

 

[Legion Troll]

The study doesn't name the schools except for the one in MS so why do you think it's only about urban areas?

Because he's from Ohio?

 

[christiefan915]

economics and cultural identity. That's two.

Cultural identity? Pittsburgh's pretty diverse and we don't have areas strictly delineated toward different ethnicities, but there are several that are predominantly black.

 

[Legion Troll]

I wonder if Moot will feel sheepish when he realizes that Cleveland, Mississippi isn't an urban area...

 

[christiefan915]

In a certain sense, why should wealth matter with schools and schooling? In the past, plenty of highly educated people started out in one room school houses that would be deemed impoverished by our standards.

When was that, centuries ago? Society's changed from the era when most people didn't have a higher education.

 

[Legion Troll]

When was that, centuries ago? Society's changed from the era when most people didn't have a higher education.

Not in West Virginia...

 

[Leonthecat]

Not in West Virginia...

HIGHER EDUCATION IN WEST VIRGINIA​

 

[Legion Troll]

That's a mighty short bus.

Poor Hack Hussein the male nursie.

 

[Leonthecat]

That's a mighty short bus.

Poor Hack Hussein the male nursie.

Short and high.

 

[christiefan915]

When I asked one of my black upper middle class friends why he opted to buy a new home in a "black" neighborhood with lower rated schools (he could have bought anywhere financially speaking) his reply was simple and honest, his family felt more comfortable there.

Conspiracy theories are fun but perhaps not real.

That's a sad commentary even if you don't see it. He settled for lower than average because he was uncomfortable in a "white" neighborhood.

 

[Legion Troll]

Short and high.

Like a West Virginia miner with a meth lab, Brother Leon.

 

[Legion Troll]

That's a sad commentary even if you don't see it. He settled for lower than average because he was uncomfortable in a "white" neighborhood.

You think white boy really has a black friend?

 

[Leonthecat]

You think white boy really has a black friend?

He probably knows some black people. I doubt any of them would ever consider him their "friend".

 

[Darth Omar]

That's a sad commentary even if you don't see it. He settled for lower than average because he was uncomfortable in a "white" neighborhood.

It's always racism in your world, isn't it lol.

 

[Legion Troll]

It's always racism in your world, isn't it lol.

It's never racism in your world, is it, lol?