The most integrated schools are found in America’s suburbs. That’s because they are at the cutting edge of racial,ethnic and even political change in the countryAmerica is one of the most racially, ethnically and economically diverse nations on soil. According to the Bureau of the Census, and America will have no single racial majority in its general population by 2042. While this diversity has been a source of great strength,destitute race relations have often challenged America’s stability and cohesiveness.
A modern Government Accountability Office report shows that public school integration, after dramatically improving in the era of civil rights enforcement, or has significantly eroded. And this week,a US district court in Mississippi ordered schools in Cleveland to desegregate, some 60 years after Brown v Board of education. Related: Mississippi city ordered to desegregate schools 60 years after landmark ruling Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com