Audio: Virginia GOP State Senate Candidate Says Desegregation Busing Ruined Schools

[lowkell]

http://www.bluevirginia.us/diary/10736/audio-gop-state-senate-candidate-says-school-busing-ruined-schools

[yellowcanine]

1. Well crap - the segregation crowd closed Prince Edward County VA Schools altogether.

You can't get much more ruined than that.

[Heather MC]

2. Actually I agree with him

The town I was from had excellent schools for both blacks and whites. The Black Students had black role models, when they came to school they saw blacks in Authority, All black teachers and Principals, they all lived in the same community amd education was the main focus. Many went on to college, it was the goal, it was the expectation.

By the time I got school in the 80's and 90's. 40% of the students where black. But barely 10% of the Educators where black. Non of the schools past Elementary had black principles. Black Students no longer had strong community support. It was mistaken belief that the white schools were better because they had more resources. But even in the mid 80's I could see the White Teachers treated the black students differently. We were still not fully welcomed.

I don't know what the right answer is but I do know desegration was not necessarily a good thing for all communities. I certainly don't believe resegrating the schools is the right answer.

Perhaps, having an administration that reflects the student body. Putting people in Authority of All Races.

[Blue_Tires]

3. The point is not every system had an equal amount of resources allocated for black/white schools

and black Americans of the era would never be "seen" as equal since they mostly came from second-rate, "inferior" school systems...

And if Asian/Latino/Jewish students somehow managed to get along without "separate but equal", what makes US the exception?? Desegregation WAS a great thing for all communities, and essential if people truly believed in that whole "all men are created equal" -thing that this nation was founded on...Yes, I'll concede that some communities weren't able to adapt properly to such a radical shift, and a whole lot of butthurt politicians and voters shortchanged and sabotaged the 'transition' into the new world (i.e., white flight)...

I get what you're saying, but that's kind of like crying because Jackie Robinson's entry into the majors essentially "killed" the Negro Leagues...