What are your thoughts on the Suprem Court Decision striking racial diversity in schools?

Answer 1

First of all, your question is wrong. The Supreme Court did NOT striking down racial diversity. It said that you can't use race as a determining factor for who goes to what school.

What they determined is that we were encouraging discrimination. Neighborhood schools are the best and all should be funded equally. The racial make up of the school is irrelevant. To say that a white school is smarter than a black school is to say that a white person is smarter than a black person.

We know that isn't right, at all.

There is nothing wrong with diversity. If you want diversity in the schools, there must be diversity in our neighborhoods.

Answer 2

The decision was correct. Forced busing of children to a school in a far away neighborhood would be hard for the kids. Also, when an authority figure (teacher, government, parent) forces whites and blacks to interact, it has the negative effect of stating that there is an inherent difference between the races - what the goal is supposed to be is to show that there is no difference. True capitalism (voucher system for schools) would bring out the best results.

If our country is to stop the downward spiral of our educational system, we need to have a system by which the smart kids (whatever percentage of white, black, brown, Asian that ends up being) go to school together by competing for positions at the best schools. A voucher system would also create a competition amongst the schools and result in all schools being better.

Imagine a track coach telling his runners - everybody has to be equal... nobody run any faster than the slowest on the team.............

Answer 3

Yes it was a good idea to force racial diversity. But the truth is that the race is not a problem anymore in our school systems. It is just that there are more white people in rich neighborhoods and black and Hispanic in poor neighborhoods. A good idea would be that parents should be allowed to pick any school in the county or city regardless of its location. and not to bus around kids. Yes it would cause competition between schools and will be little chaotic . But the good side will be a good student with better potential will be able to go to a school with better standards.

Answer 4

this is the real legacy of the Bush administration and the eight years of conservative rule in America, the stacking of the supreme court with young right wing neo cons who will start to undo the hard fought advances in civil liberties and the overturning of long standing legal precedents

Answer 5

Telling someone (whatever race they may be) where they can attend school based on that race IS discrimination. Period.

"The principle that racial balancing is not permitted is one of substance, not semantics," Roberts wrote for the majority. "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."

Answer 6

It was not striking racial diversity number one.

It was desegregation.... No more busing children all over.

Answer 7

I'm a republican, and I'm very, very disappointed. Republicans should be smarter than this.

#1 it's wrong and sick

#2 it'll give democrats the excuse that republicans are all "racist" (I understand they were doing that all day at the debates earlier)

not happy about it at all.

Answer 8

Equal Rights at last. It's about time.

Answer 9

not familiar with this, anyone got some info?

Answer 10

what you talkin' about willis?