At 04:15 PM 5/22/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: >>I could also point out that desegregation of schools didn't >> really begin in force until Congress passed subsequently passed a Civil >> Rights Act - whose specific name is eluding me at the moment. > >Sigh, I lived through that history. School desegregation was by court >order. Indeed, if you look at the civil rights act of 1964, you will find >very little of it has to do with public school desegregation. I just read >it at > >http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/civilr19.htm
Uhhh.... I hope that it was clear from my actual words that I was NOT referring to THE Civil Rights Act. I took the time this time to find out what it was... the specific legislation was called the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. For more criticism of Brown vs. Board of Education - a criticism I by no means agree with in its entirety, but which I found to be thought-provoking: http://www.city-journal.org/html/6_3_coming_clean.html But again, darn it Dan, why not actually try and defend what the Massachusetts Supreme Court is doing rather than insist upon refighting old battles? It seems to me that this "Racist Republicans" thing has become a convenient excuse for you to duck criticizing liberal excesses. JDG
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