racial influence

There has recently been an article in the New Times discussing whether or not there should be racial factors in dteremining where a child goes to school. So far, there has been cases in Seattle and Louisville, Kentucky. Davison Douglas said that this is the "inconstitutionality of affirmitive action." It has yet to be decided whether race will become a factor or not. Three years ago, however, the supreme court decided to allow colleges and universities to take race into consideration when choosing their students. The question is should this be allowed in elementary and high schools as well?

It is somewhat strange that people are concerned today about issues that were seemingly taken care of decades ago. In the 1970's, it was decided that schools around boston were too segregated and that students should be bused from roxbury to South Boston and vice versa. Even though the concept seemed to be a good one, the people of these towns did not take to it well. Upon the beginning of busing, parents were signing their children up for catholic schools to keep them away from the blacks coming in from Roxbury. Once the busing finally did begin, their was an uproar. Riots were a regular occurence, police turned against the crowds, and people died. After all of this commotion, however, the busing did not stop. After about a year, another city, Charlestown, was included. The busing there was welcomed with just as much violent excitement. It appears that no matter how far along your society seems to be, race will always be an issue in the school systems and the rest of the world.