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In reply to the discussion: The busing issue is based on one unavoidable fact. [View all]bluewater
(5,420 posts)19. "Clearly compulsory busing was unpopular with a vast majority of Americans"
So let's work with the most racist Dixiecrat Senators to support legislation to oppose bussing?
Not a good look for the 2020 Democratic nominee if you can't apologize for that and move on.
It's simply indefensible.
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When would it have come along? Because it's nearly 50 years later and we're nowhere close.
hedda_foil
Jun 2019
#2
When? When communities offered voluntary busing. When it became a choice not a mandate. nt
Kahuna7
Jun 2019
#4
According to VP Biden, we should apparently let these things be up to the states
KitSileya
Jun 2019
#75
well.. why don't we ask some REAL experts about Biden ...John Lewis and Jim Clyburn to start
Thekaspervote
Jun 2019
#79
That's where Medgar Evers did his integration activism and was assassinated for it-
dawg day
Jun 2019
#88
When substantial investment was made in community schools to provide equal quality in
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#26
'Forced busing' didn't fail. Desegregation is the best way to improve our schools.
Celerity
Jun 2019
#93
Were we talking about busing yesterday? Are you taking the word 'created' literally.
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#38
Hey let's just keep doing the work for the pukes and we can send someone into the general
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#49
If you don't want candidates that know how to play to win, what's the point of showing up to the
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2019
#144
When busing was removed from the mix, the support for school desegration doubled
wyldwolf
Jun 2019
#21
Has busing been "removed from the mix?" My kid was bused in 2003 to a different middle school
dawg day
Jun 2019
#89
We're referring to a poll where busing was removed from the equation and treated as a separate issue
wyldwolf
Jun 2019
#90
It's 50 freaking years ago...sorry you can't move on and it's so 'indefensible'.
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#23
If what happened "50 freaking years ago" is irrelevant, why did he bring it up?
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#145
And in 1978, the judge in Evans v. Buchanan had enough of Delaware's bullshit
jberryhill
Jun 2019
#35
As I noted, busing was a response to second class schools and opportunities.
guillaumeb
Jun 2019
#18
Put a person in a corner and then make them chose between two options to answer a complex
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#34
And she was bused on a voluntary system. Her parents were highly educated; not all if Berkley
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#48
She is a non-white female running in a very racist, very misogynistic country.
guillaumeb
Jun 2019
#50
In other words, confront the guy who isn't an actual proud and flagrant racist supported by
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#66
YES. Unfortunately for no other reason. She is not confronting racists or racism in America, but
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#111
No. Integration was a response to segregation in schools. Busing was one method to achieve a goal.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2019
#41
Busing was simply the method of transporting students to the new schools they were assigned to
StarfishSaver
Jun 2019
#134
The first day of forced busing in Lubbock, Tx. resulted in a dead Black student...
czarjak
Jun 2019
#59
The information that I gave was summarized from Wikipedia and an NPR story about public
Blue_true
Jun 2019
#114
Show me your links. I read both information sources and both agreed, that is
Blue_true
Jun 2019
#118
i was bused in late grade school. went to an early magnet school. i loved it.
pansypoo53219
Jun 2019
#83
So again, are you going to argue that housing prices are something to be regulated by the federal
RHMerriman
Jun 2019
#108
And segregation by race in housing via restricted convenants has been illegal since 1948
RHMerriman
Jun 2019
#117
Then have the 'threateners" investigated and face the consequences of their actions
RHMerriman
Jun 2019
#123
Actually, it was a response to mandates resulting from Brown v. Board of Education,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2019
#115
Busing was simply the method of transporting students to the new schools
StarfishSaver
Jun 2019
#132
A lot of these remedies are great on concept but either unworkable or too slow
StarfishSaver
Jun 2019
#142