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Delarage

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22. From today's News Journal...

Sun Jun 30, 2019, 02:21 PM

Jun 2019

Some folks think this is straightforward: Biden made the wrong decision in the 1970s, and history is judging him for it. He buckled to white racists and tried to stop something Wilmington's black community desperately wanted and needed to overcome racism.

The problem with this simplistic view is that plenty of respected black community leaders argued at the time that busing was a bad idea. And it certainly isn't hard to find respected black voices now who say it failed.

“It was the biggest sham,” venerable Wilmington education activist Bebe Coker told The News Journal recently. “It destroyed our community.”

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/matthew-albright/2019/06/28/desegregation-isnt-just-joe-bidens-problem-its-delawares-too/1593174001/

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Busing v. Neighborhood Schools [View all] Delarage Jun 2019 OP

We lived across the street from a new High School True Blue American Jun 2019 #1

Very similar to my experience. Laurian Jun 2019 #5

I'm curious StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #6

Court ordered, as I recall. Laurian Jun 2019 #7

Thanks. I'm familiar with the Columbus case. StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #9

Dayton was an interesting situation StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #8

Yes, I knew Judge Rice. True Blue American Jun 2019 #10

Judge Rice's order didn't destroy the neighborhood StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #12

The unintended consequences of what was thought to be a way of fixing the problem zeusdogmom Jun 2019 #2

The problem with "neighborhood schools" during that time is that neighborhoods StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #4

My suburb is integrated. True Blue American Jun 2019 #11

Don't understand your point StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #13

Dayton is still very much segregated. True Blue American Jun 2019 #14

Busing was the last ditch attempt after all other efforts failed StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #15

No, it was a True Blue American Jun 2019 #17

What decision by Congress are you referring to StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #20

He opposed and tried to stop busing across the country StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #3

Of course Delarage Jun 2019 #16

The black parents were involved but parental involvement doesn't overcome rampant discrimination StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #19

I was bused in the 80s to a middle school in the city madville Jun 2019 #18

Why busing was created. True Blue American Jun 2019 #21

From today's News Journal... Delarage Jun 2019 #22

Thank you for this, Delarage! Cha Jul 2019 #23