Word: segregationism
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First of all, integration has nothing to do with the headscarf. They are simply unrelated issues—women who wear the scarf have a wide variety of relationships to French secular society. I would be deeply offended if my fellow American Muslims were called “un-American?...
Segregation, though also an issue for the Hispanic population, differs from the black community, he said, because there have never been any desegregation efforts aimed at the Hispanic population. He said that Latinos have lived in increasingly segregated neighborhoods since the late 1960s.
The study found the West to be the most segregated area for Latinos, but Orfield contended that New York is now the epicenter for both Latino and black segregation. He also said that in general rural communities are more integrated than suburban and metropolitan areas.
The larger implications of these findings, Orfield held, are the strong correlations he found between segregation and lower test scores.
Denouncing President Bush’s recent decision to bypass Congress and seat a Federal judge from Mississippi on the Fifth Circuit’s Court of Appeals, Orfield called for judicial appointees who “understand race.” He also criticized both Democrats and Republicans for...