[MNDude]

So why must they insist to keep following those racist white people that causes all their problems?

[macglencoe]

I suppose he wants to bus people from 100 miles away in to these mostly minority populated areas to decrease the ratio of local citizens in the school system just because they happen to be the same color. What are you going to do about the ratio of blacks and whites in African schools? Bus in students from other countries? On housing, poor blacks are living in what they can afford or in government housing (which for some reason is never located in white neighborhoods).

[CodeToad]

I was in Myrtle Beach a few years back and noticed that blacks had segregated themselves. They just were not comfortable in the “white” areas. They would do business freely but then go back to their neighborhoods. I also noticed a new “African Church” system in place. It seemed to be focused on blacks doing well and not on racism of any real sort.

[magellan]

" ... minority students receive poorer educations than white students and Asian students ... "

So Asians are not considered minority students. This is just a follow-on to the California concept of two racial groups: "Blacksanhispanics" and "Whitsanasians".

And I would add, whites are technically a minority in California. A plurality, yes, but majority, no.

This is really about two things: Rich vs. Poor, where "rich" refers to middle to upper middle class individuals who can afford to move to a neighborhood with good schools; and ethnic/cultural groups who care about their childrens' education vs. ethnic/cultural groups who do not.

Related:

Asians outperform white students because they try harder: study

[magellan]

At some point, Obama/Holder/Clinton will demand a return to busing. White and Asian kids in the suburbs will have to get up at 5am to catch the bus for the one-hour ride to the inner city, meanwhile the buses will pick up inner city Black and Hispanic kids and deliver them to suburban schools. My niece experienced this about 30 years ago. There were two buses which came through the integrated neighborhood. One bus took the white kids to the elementary school 30 minutes away in a predominately black neighborhood, while the second bus picked up the black kids and took them to the school a half a mile away.

[SharpRightTurn]

“deeper research into housing segregation, which is a ‘fundamental cause of separate-and-unequal schooling.’”

Yeah, more big government dictates regarding where you live and where you want your children to attend school will solve everything.

For leftists, there is never enough control to please them.

[Verginius Rufus]

There was a good column in yesterday's Wall Street Journal by the Thernstroms debunking Orfield and his ilk.