To say that integration caused the current problems of the black community ignores a whole host of other factors, including the willingness of America to tolerate schools that cripple kids.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Blaming integration for current problems ignores other factors like tolerating failing schools.
- In plain terms
- Integration is not the main cause of black community problems; poor schools are.
- What can you take from it?
- Look beyond integration to understand community challenges.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What factors really drive community problems?
- How do we judge policy impacts?
Another view
Integration changes community dynamics in ways that can be challenging.
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