But the joy will be somewhat muted, for American schools are still nearly as segregated as they were 50 years ago.
Let us march on segregated housing.
Since the federal courts began ordering Southern school systems to desegregate 20 years ago, white parents have been setting up their own privateand segregatedacademies.
President Obama accused of anti-Catholic remarks while in Northern Ireland President Obama has been accused of anti-Catholic remarks during his recent visit to Northern Ireland. Obama stated during his speech at the Waterfront Center in Belfast on Monday that segregated schooling was a large part of the problem.
June 22, 2013 - Irish Central
Equally Present A black teenager looks into a segregated soda shop where two ponytailed white girls sip their drinks and smile. In a courtroom, an elderly black man sits under a Thomas Jefferson quote inscribed on the wall: “Equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion.” It’s not clear if he is a defendant or a witness. He is certainly not a juror or a judge. These are historical dioramas ...
June 20, 2013 - Hyphen Magazine
Barack Obama in Washington Post The fact that so many people are surprised to hear that anger in some of Reverend Wright's sermons simply reminds us of the old truism that the most segregated hour of American life occurs on Sunday morning,Obama said in his speech at the...
Minnijean Brown Trickey in USA Today We're still living segregated lives based on culture and language,Trickey said. "Here we are in 2007 and we're still playing the same game."
Annie Proulx in Globe and Mail Academy members who vote for the year's best film are "out of touch not only with the shifting larger culture and the yeasty ferment that is America these days, but also out of touch with their own segregated city," Proulx writes.