Supreme Court Ends Segregation

onelongsong
onelongsong Posts: 3,517
edited June 2007 in A Moving Train
cnn reported that the supreme court ruled that where a child goes to school cannot be determined by race.
this dominos into no scholarships based on race.
have we finally found equality?
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  • surferdude
    surferdude Posts: 2,057
    onelongsong wrote:
    cnn reported that the supreme court ruled that where a child goes to school cannot be determined by race.
    this dominos into no scholarships based on race.
    have we finally found equality?
    Possibly along the road to equality but a long ways froma just and fair world.
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    So brutalize me with music.”
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  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Maybe, maybe not.........Here is the story.....http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062907M.shtml


    Here is a picture of the tree.....
    http://www.truthout.org/imgs.art_02/3.062907BC1.jpg
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  • chopitdown
    chopitdown Posts: 2,222
    surferdude wrote:
    Possibly along the road to equality but a long ways froma just and fair world.

    i don't think we'll ever have a just and fair world. If you mandate fairness for one person you indirectly can negatively affect someone else (which is unfair). I think this ruling is a good one, esp since the opinion was tempered some by Kennedy. We have to take the chips off of our collective shoulders and learn to work together...and that's not just about race...everyone has prejudices about something.
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  • surferdude
    surferdude Posts: 2,057
    even flow? wrote:
    Maybe, maybe not.........Here is the story.....http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062907M.shtml


    Here is a picture of the tree.....
    http://www.truthout.org/imgs.art_02/3.062907BC1.jpg
    Chop it down.

    Racism may always exist. But there's absolutely no reason for legislated racism to exist.
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    when it hits you, you feel to pain.
    So brutalize me with music.”
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  • chopitdown
    chopitdown Posts: 2,222
    surferdude wrote:
    Chop it down.

    Racism may always exist. But there's absolutely no reason for legislated racism to exist.

    agreed.

    good use of the name too ;)
    make sure the fortune that you seek...is the fortune that you need
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    I thought this was a good move on a lot of levels. Primarily, that we'll never end racism as long as race is being used as a determining factor.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    I think that they made the right ruling on this case.... I do have to disagree with them on the minimum price ruling.
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  • onelongsong
    onelongsong Posts: 3,517
    chopitdown wrote:
    i don't think we'll ever have a just and fair world. If you mandate fairness for one person you indirectly can negatively affect someone else (which is unfair). I think this ruling is a good one, esp since the opinion was tempered some by Kennedy. We have to take the chips off of our collective shoulders and learn to work together...and that's not just about race...everyone has prejudices about something.

    being ordered to give someone an advantage is a big cause of racism. my grandchildren now have an equal chance to get into college. their scholarships will be decided by their work and not their race.
    i'm sure this ruling will also do away with quotas and employers can hire based on experience instead of race.

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