The fundamental inequality problem in America

[Ana the Ist]

At the end of the day, the US system will not change because race underlies the continued inequality we see. There is a misguided belief that poverty is a moral failing, so some people do not deserve a better education.

We have no further to look than how white communities simply revolt over the idea of the idea of desegregation efforts. I remember one community was planning on adjusting the makeup of their elementary schools so each school would more accurately reflect the demographics of the town (although a small community, many of the black kids ended up in one school while many of the white kids ended up in another school). Once this plan was unveiled, you suddenly had some parents up in arms over bussing; a rather odd statement because how can you "bus" within your own community (all kids eventually go to the same high school).

It's really all about desegregation and the opposition to those efforts.

It Was Never About Busing

At the end of the day "equality of outcomes" was never intended in our idea of a nation. Equality under the law is...and it has taken a while to get there, and there's arguably room for improvement, but equality of outcomes is a fool's dream. It's a promise of communist and socialist utopias that never materialize because no one can make them work.

 

[Oneiric1975]

At the end of the day "equality of outcomes" was never intended in our idea of a nation. Equality under the law is...and it has taken a while to get there, and there's arguably room for improvement, but equality of outcomes is a fool's dream. It's a promise of communist and socialist utopias that never materialize because no one can make them work.

"arguably room for improvement". That's an understatement.