Word: segregationism
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Suggesting that self-segregation is a phenomenon unique to athletes, and that athletes aren’t interested in friendships with other students, is silly. Some athletes choose to block and socialize predominantly with other athletes; some social groups, whether based around ethnicity or extracurricular interest, choose to block and...
“I am totally against separating children,” Cazabon says. “To me, this is a form of segregation. It’s like a quarantine.”
But evidence at Harvard and beyond suggests that, in general, they do not. The prevalence of all-athlete blocking groups indicates a strong tendency for athletes to self-segregate, which is partly understandable given the difficult social climate which Harvard students face. But a recent book by James L. Shulman...
These comments give us some insight into why self-segregation occurs. The assumptions that Pascavage and Gates make about their fellow students suggest that they are not interested in friendships with others outside of athletic circles—those so-called bookworms cowering in the library.
As the agenda of reform moves to local school districts, it has become clear that the debate there is far from polarized. Vouchers and school choice do not cut along clean party lines. Nor can we blame white suburbanites for stymieing voucher programs in order to maintain demographic hegemony of...