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True Blue American

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61. It also caused black fight of those who could afford it
Mon Jul 1, 2019, 04:18 AM
Jul 2019

Left the cities struggling. Was one of the main reasons for the explosion of the Suburbs.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
K&R stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #1
Who called Biden a racist? Goodheart Jun 2019 #2
no one Skittles Jun 2019 #3
All Kamala asked him to do was to admit that he was wrong to oppose busing. Goodheart Jun 2019 #4
But not all busing ucrdem Jun 2019 #5
Yes, he was effectively opposed to all busing. Goodheart Jun 2019 #7
Desegregation was mandatory. ucrdem Jun 2019 #11
Biden's legislation did affect Berkeley StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #27
All of this pertains to federal funding. ucrdem Jun 2019 #30
Like most school systems, Berkeley received HEW funding that helped to pay its school transportation StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #35
Per VOX it didn't. ucrdem Jun 2019 #39
Interestingly, I was mistaken - Biden's amendment applied ONLY to voluntary busing StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #46
Read on: ucrdem Jun 2019 #47
Yes. Fortunately, House Democrats thwarted Biden's attempt to refund the kinds of programs Harris StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #49
So was my AA family. All of them. And we still are. cbelle1039 Jun 2019 #22
Thank you. ucrdem Jun 2019 #40
She did more than that. She misrepresented herself as "that little girl" who had benefitted emmaverybo Jun 2019 #33
Tom Nichols, a prominent NeverTrumper who gets quoted a lot on DU and who plans to vote highplainsdem Jun 2019 #24
more bullshit Skittles Jun 2019 #31
Wow. That is it exactly. What Nichols said. NT emmaverybo Jun 2019 #34
What is this all about - are some people actually campaining to bring back forced busing? 4now Jun 2019 #6
Kamela Harris's debate gotcha. ucrdem Jun 2019 #8
E gods! Cha Jun 2019 #10
If Biden bounces back, and he probably will, ucrdem Jun 2019 #15
that is pure spin, and not true Celerity Jun 2019 #25
So after pasting this thing in several threads ucrdem Jun 2019 #26
bussing Celerity Jun 2019 #28
Welll in that case, welcome! ucrdem Jun 2019 #32
not in the UK at the moment, but I am in the EU now, for the summer, plus we do live now in Celerity Jun 2019 #37
Okay thanks! ucrdem Jun 2019 #41
yw! Celerity Jun 2019 #42
To me that True Blue American Jul 2019 #57
Kamala said she didn't believe Biden is Cha Jun 2019 #9
Lol. Nice try. Bernie didn't team up with notorious racist segregationists. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2019 #12
I pointed out a fact.. too bad you don't like it. Cha Jun 2019 #16
He's thinking, please don't let her get meatsauce on my new suit ucrdem Jun 2019 #14
Oh NOOOOes! BS was standing right Cha Jun 2019 #18
Wow, a new standard for whataboutism. BlueWI Jun 2019 #13
It's an important data point. ucrdem Jun 2019 #17
If Bernie Sanders says how proud he was to work with James Eastland BlueWI Jun 2019 #19
Spin. He said he liked the civility people of opposing views used with each emmaverybo Jun 2019 #36
Splitting hairs IMO BlueWI Jun 2019 #50
I don't think it was advisable to bring up two segregationists to make his point. NT . emmaverybo Jun 2019 #52
Agreed. BlueWI Jun 2019 #53
Except Biden NEVER SAID HE WAS PROUD. Edit your post. nt UniteFightBack Jun 2019 #45
Accuracy matters, I agree. BlueWI Jun 2019 #51
Yes, it is.. I can't understand why Cha Jun 2019 #21
It's good to know.. I had no idea. Cha Jun 2019 #20
Why is everyone so down on bussing? I was bussed--to an integrated school that I loved McCamy Taylor Jun 2019 #23
It ended a generation or so ago customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #29
It also caused black fight of those who could afford it True Blue American Jul 2019 #61
Yes customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #62
Not a cause, merely an excuse. LanternWaste Jul 2019 #63
I believe it was a cause customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #64
The incidents you're referring to in the early-to mid-60s pre-dated court-ordered busing StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #66
Yes, they are customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #67
Have you read the Kerner Report? StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #68
Not lately, although I recall hearing about their conclusions customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #69
The Executive Summary is a good read StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #70
Thank you customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #71
Glad to do it! StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #72
Wasn't busing customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #73
It was a tool StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #74
Hmm, I only had my own experience customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #75
Federally forced busing was not an unmitigated success. Biden was not opposed to integrated emmaverybo Jun 2019 #38
State and local authorities- yeah which is Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #48
Sure. I don't believe racism motivated Biden's wanting the ban. I am not arguing his position, emmaverybo Jun 2019 #54
Biden was part of the party turning away Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #55
You have a good argument, not the mainstay, though of the one Harris used. emmaverybo Jun 2019 #56
Because it still terrifies white people Recursion Jun 2019 #43
Point of a bayonet? True Blue American Jul 2019 #58
It was Eisenhower. Never heard of Little Rock? (nt) Recursion Jul 2019 #59
I heard of it True Blue American Jul 2019 #60
Well no he's not a racist.......BUT................................ nt UniteFightBack Jun 2019 #44
. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2019 #65
I thought BS wrote essays in the 1970's Vegas Roller Jul 2019 #76
This definitely needs a kick Cha Jul 2019 #77
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