Reply #8: Still doesn't excuse these parents

[LeftishBrit]

I daresay not ALL parents were in favour of segregation in Southern American schools; but it still didn't make it a good thing. Nor, in my opinion, something that should be decided through debate and popular vote. Fortunately, the laws and courts in Israel may well defeat these actions. The overall problem in Israeli education is more one of de facto segregation than explicitly barring Arabs/Jews/immigrants/Africans from certain schools.

Most of the Arab states are racist and have bad laws. That doesn't excuse Israelis or anyone else from being racist. Racism is bad, whoever's doing it. I hope it changes everywhere.



I like this organization:

http://www.handinhand12.org/


ETA: in this particular case, the racism seems to be not just against Arabs, but strongly against non-white immigrants: a familiar sort to me in the UK!