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Delarage

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27. Born and still live in Delaware

Sun Jun 30, 2019, 03:01 PM

Jun 2019

Maybe I was younger, but busing started for me when I was in 4th grade. Instead of walking to a school near my working-class neighborhood, I spent 30+ minutes on I-95 to go to a school in Wilmington for 4-6 grade. Then I walked to the middle school near my house.

My only complaints were that it was super-inconvenient and limited my mom's ability to be involved in my school. And a waste of time and gas. Maybe the city school I attended was grossly underfunded until busing started...that I am not sure of. If that's the case, maybe it was worth it. Just seems like they could have fixed that another way.

I posted elsewhere about the opposition to busing from black and white communities...for many of the reasons I experienced. I'll link below....

You make Biden sound like an elitist racist, which doesn't seem to match up with his life and record.

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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Here's the thing about opposing "forced busing" [View all] StarfishSaver Jun 2019 OP

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jun 2019 #1

+1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000!!!!!!!!!!! Hoyt Jun 2019 #2

It's been a disappointing and revealing week here at DU jberryhill Jun 2019 #10

No kidding. BlueWI Jul 2019 #47

Is Senator Harris planning to run on reinstating "forced busing?" emulatorloo Jun 2019 #3

That's a silly question not relevant to the issue and not worth answering StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #4

I'm trying to understand her position on busing in 2019. So it is relevant to the issue. emulatorloo Jun 2019 #7

Here's her position as I heard it StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #13

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I appreciate it. emulatorloo Jun 2019 #14

No problem StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #21

great post Celerity Jun 2019 #34

How's this? wyldwolf Jun 2019 #26

African Americans didn't support forced busing either crimycarny Jun 2019 #40

One of the reasons support for busing dropped among black parents StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #44

Fascinating. You have stats on that? wyldwolf Jul 2019 #56

Here in Denver forced busing was a big part of white flight to the 'burbs Jake Stern Jul 2019 #55

Sure sounds like it... RHMerriman Jul 2019 #52

Great post...we have come a long way..and a long way to go...in Boston currently... asiliveandbreathe Jun 2019 #5

Thanks for the facts and rational analysis. delisen Jun 2019 #6

Thank you jberryhill Jun 2019 #8

What reference point do you have to say that? wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #15

Hah! jberryhill Jun 2019 #17

This was not about Biden. The OP states that the wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #20

Wtf are you talking about? jberryhill Jun 2019 #22

Thanks for the post! BlueWI Jul 2019 #48

There was no "forced busing" StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #23

Semantics. I was bused. cwydro Jul 2019 #57

Born and still live in Delaware Delarage Jun 2019 #27

What does that have to do with the districts before then? jberryhill Jun 2019 #31

OK Delarage Jun 2019 #33

Okay so... jberryhill Jun 2019 #35

OMG Delarage Jun 2019 #39

They tried also to fix racially segregated neighborhoods, but than can't be done overnight StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #41

Still not done Delarage Jun 2019 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #9

You are correct. TomSlick Jun 2019 #11

That was precisely the situation in Delaware jberryhill Jun 2019 #19

Tell that to an 8 year old me. And my parents. GulfCoast66 Jul 2019 #50

But remember - busing didn't do this. It was just the transportation StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #53

How old were you and where were you during this time wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #12

Are personal attacks all you have? jberryhill Jun 2019 #18

I was born in 1957 - the year of Brown v. Board - and lived in a small town in Arkansas. TomSlick Jun 2019 #45

Good piece, but I have to correct the statement: "But most of them weren't upset about the buses hlthe2b Jun 2019 #16

I didn't say "all" - I said "most" StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #24

I'm glad you recognize that hlthe2b Jun 2019 #25

Exactly loyalsister Jun 2019 #28

Busing and desegregation are not the same thing. ucrdem Jun 2019 #29

They aren't synonymous. But they too often are used inteechangeably StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #30

If you're going to talk about a policy, get the terms straight. ucrdem Jun 2019 #32

Yes he did, because that's what the court ordered in Delaware jberryhill Jun 2019 #36

Busing is *a* remedy, and a highly imperfect one. ucrdem Jun 2019 #37

It was the one ordered by the court in Delaware jberryhill Jun 2019 #38

Let's also not forget the role that federal transportation policy had on all of this StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #42

Correct again jberryhill Jun 2019 #43

Well said. BlueWI Jul 2019 #49

Thank you re: "forced cake-baking" dawg day Jul 2019 #51

Thank you StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #54

Question Delarage Jul 2019 #58