It isn't about either, it's about "follow the money." Crying race is just so useful. We all need to ignore these poverty pimps and get on with the business at hand - an educated generation.
I went to Hearne High School and graduated from there. I now have two brothers that attend Mumford. Yes I am white, but I had no problem attending a predominatly black school. The problem I have with Hearne Schools now is the lack of educationl excellence. Students have every right to choose where they want to go to school if the school they go to is not fulfilling its academic responsiblilites. Hearne I'm sorry to say is not doing that at all.
Our school district closed my kids' school in June. Out of 31 elementary schools to choose from (and 8 on the California list of failing schools that could be taken over by the state), the district chose our school. It had the 6th highest test scores in the district and was a National Blue Ribbon and California Distinguished school.
The district made a list of 8 potential schools to close. None of the schools in the primarily hispanic part of town where enrollment is dropping were on the list.
Out of the 8 schools, they didn't want to close a magnet school that costs twice as much to operate and has lower test scores because they wanted to give the lower income children more choice in schooling.