busing

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  4/20/2021
  

  How White Americans’ Refusal to Accept Busing has Kept Schools Segregated

  by Matthew D. Lassiter

  The legal distinction between "de facto" and "de jure" segregation has always been a convenient fiction allowing the perpetuation of segregation by obscuring the role of government in creating and sustaining a racially discriminatory housing market. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  9/11/19
  

  Busing Ended 20 Years Ago. Today Our Schools Are Segregated Once Again

  by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall

  Any desegregation plans must be a shared burden. But are we willing to take it on?

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  7/10/19
  

  Democrats’ Ominous Shift on School Segregation

  by Brett Gadsden

  It’s not just Joe Biden—the party has backed away from its commitment to fighting segregation in the public schools.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  7/6/19
  

  ‘Do You Support Busing?’ Is Not the Best Question

  Issues of educational inequality raised by a 1970s-era practice remain relevant today, but language can obscure what’s really at stake.

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• SOURCE: Jezebel
  6/3/2019
  

  On Busing, Joe Biden, and the 'Pervasiveness of White Backlash to School Desegregation'

  Jezebel spoke with Brett Gadsden, a history professor at Northwestern University and the author of Between North and South: Delaware, Desegregation, and the Myth of American Sectionalism about how to understand Biden’s position as part of white backlash to desegregation efforts, the ongoing resegregation of American life, and the reality that, as he put it, “racial segregation is the norm, not the exception.”

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  7/1/19
  

  There’s a Generational Shift in the Debate Over Busing

  by Matthew Delmont

  Kamala Harris took part in a bold experiment as a child—and the experiences of her generation may transform the debate over desegregation.

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• SOURCE: Vox
  6/28/2019
  

  Joe Biden’s record on school desegregation busing, explained

  The former vice president once called busing “an asinine policy.”

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  06/30/2019
  

  Kamala Harris and Classmates Were Bused Across Berkeley. The Experience Changed Them.

  Read how the history of busing impacted Kamala Harris, and what she did to combat her experiences. 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  06/30/2019
  

  A History Of School Busing

  Read interview about the history of busing.  

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• SOURCE: Politico
  8-4-15
  

  How a Young Joe Biden Turned Liberals Against Integration

  by Jason Sokol

  Forty years ago, the Senate supported school busing—until a 32-year-old changed his mind.