How Residents in a Rural #Alabama County Are Confronting the Lasting Harm of #Segregation Academies
In Wilcox County, Alabama, many people say they want to bridge racial divides created by their segregated #schools. But they must face a long and painful history.
Clarence Thomas attacks Brown v. Board ruling amid 70th anniversary
I believe the term you are thinking is "Uncle Tom" but it might also be "traitor" or "closet nazi" -- you tell me.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a strong rebuke of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling on Thursday, suggesting the court overreached its authority in the landmark decision that banned separating schoolchildren by race.
"As the federal courts repeatedly ruled against the South’s massive resistance, many white people pivoted to a new tactic, one that is lesser known and yet profoundly influences the Black Belt region today: They created a web of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of private schools to educate white children."
70 yrs after #SCOTUS delivered its landmark decision outlawing school segregation, #BrownVBoardOfEducation ranks as perhaps the court’s most venerated decision….
Most everything else related to the decision…is complex.
Nearly 7/10 Americans say more should be done to integrate schools…a figure that has steadily climbed from 30% in 1973….But a deeper look into the views of both Black & White people shows skepticism about the success of #Brown….
…The #Brown decision focused on the value of mixing children of different races. But for many #integration activists —then & now— the case is about a path to #fair & #equitable educational #resources. Those legal battles cont. Today’s complex views about #schools & integration come amid persistent #segregation that has risen in recent decades,changes in the #legal landscape & complicated dynamics of #education & #race in #America today.
"for decades, American schools have been re-segregating... around 4 out of 10 Black and Hispanic students attend schools where almost every one of their classmates is another student of color.
Those decrying cultural spaces on campus for Māori and Pacifica know very well that "segregation" is not what they are. Some of them were alive in the 1960s when real segregation policies still excluded Māori from many public spaces. Despite being staunchly anti-racist since high school, even I didn't know about these until the recent documentary about them.
We overlay the highway network with a massive, geolocated online social network (Twitter 2012), and measure how social ties are impacted by highway segments. We find a strong barrier effect in all 50 considered US cities. See below - the red squares show that this effect is stronger for short distances.
Speaking of, I'm trying to find a specific book and can't. It was a photo essay, almost entirely photos, mostly black and white, of segregated housing and poor black neighborhoods, around the 50s 60s?
Powerful and difficult 'read', mostly just photos + descriptions. Can't remember the title, was gonna get it but didn't. I remember something about...basically 1 room apartments? Was gonna buy it and can't find it. So many books on the topic.
Very much enjoyed talking with Joe Coohill, aka Professor Buzzkill, about our project to document all the sites listed in The Green Book. The conversation was phenomenal.
Heart of #Florida United Way proudly presents “Know Your Place” — a deeply introspective #film that illuminates realities in Central Florida’s not-so-distant past.
Today in Labor History February 16, 1945: The Alaska Equal Rights Act was signed into law. It was the first anti-discrimination law in the U.S. the law prevents and criminalizes discrimination against anyone in public areas based on their race. The law came in response to the struggle of Indigenous Alaskans fighting discrimination. In 1944, Alberta Schenck (Inupiaq) protested segregation by deliberately sitting in the “whites-only” section of a movie theater in Nome, Alaska. The cops arrested her.
#Chicago's expressways were built as part of a plan to ensure the #segregation of the city — with deadly consequences to the present day in crime-ridden neighborhoods on the West Side & the South Side; #Democrats were even more complicit than Republicans in the conspiracy to maintain & enhance white supremacy in the City of Big Shoulders...
Today in Labor History February 5, 1994: A jury convicted Byron De La Beckwork of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers, only 31 years after the fact. Edgars fought to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi, end segregation of public facilities, and expand voting rights for African Americans He was the first NAACP field secretary in Mississippi. He was also a decorated US Army veteran who served in World War II.
"Le lycée Averroès, l’un des plus anciens lycées musulmans de France & le 1er à avoir obtenu un contrat avec l’État, va perdre ses financements publics. Pourquoi ? Des motifs fallacieux, comme d’hab. L’État poursuit sa persécution & son démantèlement du tissu associatif musulman.
Il y a très peu d’établissements scolaires musulmans en France (une trentaine). Parmi ces établissements, seuls 3 sont sous contrat avec l’État. Le lycée Averroès [est] l’un d’eux.
Et contrairement aux autres établissements confessionnels, ils sont mis sous pression constante.
En interdisant le voile & en criminalisant constamment certains élèves, l’État les pousse en dehors du système de l’Éducation nationale. Les rares établissements musulmans apparaissent alors comme des alternatives… mais là encore, l’État criminalise et persécute.
Sur la répression des établissements scolaires musulmans, 2 articles à lire :
« Je pensais qu’après cinq ans de fonctionnement l’école passerait sous contrat avec l’État et que le financement serait partagé, mais ce n’est pas encore le cas [onze ans après l’ouverture, ndlr]. » Pour quelles raisons ? « [Avant même le démarrage du projet], le recteur [d’alors] m’a expliqué que le budget manquait pour financer de nouvelles écoles et qu’il n’était pas possible non plus de “dés-habiller Paul pour habiller Mohammed”. »
La préfecture avait enclenché l’arrêt des subventions au lycée Averroès ; le judiciaire confirme.
Le tribunal administratif de Lille a rejeté ce lundi après-midi les trois recours en référé-suspension déposés par l'association qui gère l'établissement privé musulman, les représentants du personnel et l'association des parents d'élèves.
« Il n’y a pas lieu de maintenir le contrat d’association liant le lycée Averroès à l’État jusqu’à ce que la décision de résiliation de ce contrat, prise par le préfet du Nord, soit examinée par les juges du fond », a expliqué le tribunal dans un communiqué.