The Truth About Busing: It Worked
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But tellingly, there was little discussion about busing;s efficacy, at least not with facts, or about whether or not busing served its purpose of breaking apart the educational caste system.
That we even use the word "busing" to describe what was in fact court-ordered school desegregation, and that Americans of all stripes believe that the brief period in which we actually tried to desegregate our schools was a failure, speaks to one of the most successful propaganda campaigns of the last half century.
The term "busing" is a race-neutral euphemism that allows people to pretend white opposition was not about integration but simply about a desire for their children to attend neighborhood schools.
Countdown for not reading the article and using arguments couched in colorblind racism to argue that desegregation is bad, but using phrases like "school choice" or statements akin to "states' rights."