Richard Kahlenberg suggests that the economic integration of our public schools – or, more specifically, their transformation into “majority middle-class” schools – is both the necessary and achievable response to our society’s inability, and unwillingness, to achieve racial the desegregation of its schools and its housing patterns. Social science research demonstrates that … [Read more...] about A Response
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“H.R. 40: If Not Now, When?” by Jeanne Mirer (November-December 1994 P&R Issue)
By Jeanne Mirer (Click here to view the entire issue) In 1977, I had to fly to a city in the Midwest. The cab driver who picked me up at the airport got chatty and asked me where I was from. When I said "Detroit," he asked, "which suburb?" I said, "I live in the city." He then said to me, "How do you stand it? There are so many niggers there." Obviously, because I was … [Read more...] about “H.R. 40: If Not Now, When?” by Jeanne Mirer (November-December 1994 P&R Issue)
