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whathehell

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8. I've read that when desegregation happened in the South

Reply to paleotn (Reply #7)

Sat Sep 18, 2021, 11:00 AM

Sep 2021

many white communities simply created private schools to avoid integration.

Catholic schools, however, have been around forever and were definitely not, in the North where I attended them, practicing segregation.

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It's almost like they have been planning this for decades... [View all] Soph0571 Sep 2021 OP

It's no secret that Republicans hate public education Buckeyeblue Sep 2021 #1

We "latte-sipping elite and our damned edjumacation!" hlthe2b Sep 2021 #2

That video is super creepy. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2021 #3

They'll wear it like a badge of honor Bristlecone Sep 2021 #4

Dooming their kids because China, Japan, India, rich people, are not wasting their time. Jon King Sep 2021 #5

After the Teachers Strike a couple of years ago, North Texas had a flux of flying_wahini Sep 2021 #6

Overall, they rank low..... paleotn Sep 2021 #7

I've read that when desegregation happened in the South whathehell Sep 2021 #8

Not in the south either that I'm aware of.... paleotn Sep 2021 #12

I think I understand you now.. whathehell Sep 2021 #13

militant stupidity runs a dark and bloody course through human history bringthePaine Sep 2021 #9

Before it was Critical Race Theory it was.. Grins Sep 2021 #10

School desegregation is how the "religious" right was born, not abortion, or "prayer in schools" themaguffin Sep 2021 #11