“Diversity” is to a large extent, a mythical social benefit. Crystal Meredith complaint (she’s the one who brought the suit) complaint that “her child was twice denied the school nearest their home and had to endure a three-hour bus ride to a facility tha
“Diversity” is an important benefit to people whose kids go to private schools (or who went to private schools themselves) but want to show how liberal they are.
The supreme court is right, let’s do nothing. We should “let the market decide”. (same thing as doing nothing) Or better yet, let’s pump a few more billion into the “Faith Based Initiatives” and hope that the holy-rollers who followed the likes of Falwell
But the alternative above is not the strongest reason to stop busing. While you are correct that this decision was enabled by a socially far-right administration’s picks for the supreme court
“Because it worked so well the last time the government walked away from it.”
Who is walking away? Seriously — it is illegal to discriminate in both the work force and educational institutions. This is not walking away. This is the fallacy of Clinton. N
I know it’s illegal to discriminate. That’s nice, but in order for a law to be effective it needs to be enforced. So how’s that working out? Given the defacto state of “separate but equal” (by that I mean conditions which resemble those that prompted the
We’re watching this closely in Seattle.
“Diversity” is to a large extent, a mythical social benefit. Crystal Meredith complaint (she’s the one who brought the suit) complaint that “her child was twice denied the school nearest their home and had to endure a three-hour bus ride to a facility tha
“Diversity” is to a large extent, a mythical social benefit….to the people who went to really nice schools and live in big houses.
I thought that statement lacked something, so I fixed it.
How about this:
“Diversity” is an important benefit to people whose kids go to private schools (or who went to private schools themselves) but want to show how liberal they are.
I don’t understand, is it bad that affluent people recognize the disparities or is it bad that they don’t recognize them? Which is it?
You know what I’m driving at, I’d rather have rich people doing the right thing, if only to satisfy their own liberal
“I’d rather have rich people doing the right thing, if only to satisfy their own liberal sensibilities, than not having it done at all.”
When they “do the right thing” by not doing anything at all but by making the working and middle class do it instead,
The supreme court is right, let’s do nothing. We should “let the market decide”. (same thing as doing nothing) Or better yet, let’s pump a few more billion into the “Faith Based Initiatives” and hope that the holy-rollers who followed the likes of Falwell
Hesed, you wrote,
“it’s better than the alternatives above.”
But the alternative above is not the strongest reason to stop busing. While you are correct that this decision was enabled by a socially far-right administration’s picks for the supreme court
“Forced Diversity”…kinda like “enhanced interrogation” (torture), “Rendition” (disappearing someone), “Intelligent Design” (creationism), “Religious Freedom” (prayer in school). Hey, maybe if we nuke Iran we’ll call it “Super-Happy Fission Fun”. You got
“Because it worked so well the last time the government walked away from it.”
Who is walking away? Seriously — it is illegal to discriminate in both the work force and educational institutions. This is not walking away. This is the fallacy of Clinton. N
I know it’s illegal to discriminate. That’s nice, but in order for a law to be effective it needs to be enforced. So how’s that working out? Given the defacto state of “separate but equal” (by that I mean conditions which resemble those that prompted the
“That’s nice, but in order for a law to be effective it needs to be enforced. So how’s that working out?”
Fine. Someone screams “discrimination,” they investigate. Or sue. Usually sue, because there is more money that way.
“I mean conditions which resem
When I say:
“conditions which resemble those that prompted the Brown V Board decision in the first place.”
…I mean that the actual differences in the facilities and quality of education between predominantly White schools and that of predominantly