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Why we can't accept de facto school segregation
- 10-05-2011
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Commentary by Bill Kurtz/Good
Bill Kurtz is CEO of DSST Public Schools
After the historic election of America's first black president, Barack Obama, one would think racial segregation would be on the decline. But the reality is that segregation is alive and well in America: The Brookings Institute reports the average white family lives in an area that is 79 percent white, while the average black family lives in a neighborhood that is 46 percent black. And while Latinos comprise only 15 percent of the population, fully 45 percent of their neighbors are also Latino. Despite the fact that the U.S. population will shift from majority-white to majority-minority by 2042, our kids are still growing up in neighborhoods where the concept of the "melting pot" is foreign. This is equally true in schools as it is in neighborhoods. (more...)
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