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The heart of the Jefferson County case - and a similar one involving the Seattle school district that was also argued before the Court on Monday - is whether or not a district can actively try to balance the racial composition at its schools. Fifty-two years after Brown v. Board of...
There was also much scrutinizing of jargon. Justice Antonin Scalia questioned the districts' use of the terms "segregation" and "racial isolation." "If you belong to a country club that has 15% black members, I would not consider that a segregated country club," he said. "You're complaining about a lack...
Panelists emphasized the need to address segregation in the school system.
Before the crowd in Askwith Hall, civil rights advocate and public education author Jonathan Kozol ’58 spoke fervently against what he described as racial re-segregation in American schools.
The Supreme Court’s Brown decision ruled that “separate but equal” is “inherently unequal” in an opinion that cited the psychological effects of racial segregation on children.