I'm fairly well-versed in history and do have an open mind about it. Some history is less than kind to a given people, though, and sometimes it's even inaccurate, a fact that I know all too well as a southerner.
So, you had family in Southie?
No, I grew up in SE Montnaa in a coal mining town. I have always thought that busing programs were just a way to punish success, not help the poor kids. If the school funding is equal then the failure of a school is inherent to the school district itself and should be solved locally.
I think a lot of the leftist mentality boils down to “Did you fail your minority students? Good, now brutalize these uppity white kids.” and “Nice school. You have made the rest of us look bad. Let us see what you can do with the savages we have made.”