Juan Williams provides cover for racist slime like Rush with criticism of Brown decision

[Faygo Kid]

I hope Juan Williams is pleased with his dismissal of the Brown v. Board of Education decision by saying it is no longer relevant. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/opinion/29williams.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Sorry, Juan - we have not yet moved on. Yes, drop out rates, quality of education in the black community are huge issues, but criticizing Brown (out of step?) only provides cover to the worst sort of racists, like Rush Limbaugh. http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_062907/content/01125107.guest.html

There are plenty of others all over the blogosphere rejoicing tonight and spewing their venom thanks to Juan's cover. Juan, why did you have to take that line of argument?

What the hell were you thinking?

[ReadTomPaine]

1. Juan has his "Eyes on the Prize" ...

[Captain Hilts]

2. He was a toadie for Clarence Thomas also because he had sexual harrasment suits...

pending against himself at the time.

[ellisonz]

3. Brown in full force?

:rofl:

The truth is that White America has done everything possible to undermine desegregation and they have unfortunately succeeded.

Had Mr. Marshall, the lawyer, made a mistake by insisting on racial integration instead of improvement in the quality of schools for black children?

His response was that seating black children next to white children in school had never been the point. It had been necessary only because all-white school boards were generously financing schools for white children while leaving black students in overcrowded, decrepit buildings with hand-me-down books and underpaid teachers. He had wanted black children to have the right to attend white schools as a point of leverage over the biased spending patterns of the segregationists who ran schools — both in the 17 states where racially separate schools were required by law and in other states where they were a matter of culture.

If black children had the right to be in schools with white children, Justice Marshall reasoned, then school board officials would have no choice but to equalize spending to protect the interests of their white children.

Justice Marshall is still correct.