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I think you may be horrified to learn that American schools are still segregated https://www.epi.org/publication/schools-are-still-segregated-and-black-childre

I think you may be horrified to learn that American schools are still segregated https://www.epi.org/publication/schools-are-still-segregated-and-black-children-are-paying-a-price/ https://www.epi.org/publication/schools-are-still-segregated...

vorpalhex 5y ago
> These data show that only about one in eight white students (12.9%) attends a school where a majority of students are black, Hispanic, Asian, or American Indian. (We refer to this group collectively as students of color hereafter.) In contrast, nearly seven in 10 black children (69.2%) attend such schools (see Figure A). That seems less like segregation and more of just statistics. If black students are a minority, then by definition they won't be a majority in a random subsample. > As shown in Figure B, black students are also in economically segregated schools. Less than one in three white students (31.3%) attend a high-poverty school, compared with more than seven in 10 black students (72.4%). That's probably the stronger argument in your link. That outcome isn't surprising given that most school funds come via property taxes - if most economically depressed areas are minority occupied due to lower costs, then those same schools would also be economically depressed.
- tekromancr 5y ago
  Keep going! How did there come to be schools that were predominantly black? Why is school funding tied to property taxes? Why isn't there a level of mobility that would allow students to go to a more well funded school? Who made these policies and why?
  - vorpalhex 5y ago
    > How did there come to be schools that were predominantly black? The residents in their area are mostly black. > Why is school funding tied to property taxes? That's how most of your city is funded. > Why isn't there a level of mobility that would allow students to go to a more well funded school? There is? Like, you can move to a different school district but it's going to be more expensive. Nobody is preventing you. > Who made these policies and why? It's not clear what policies you are referring to. That we fund things via property taxes?

vorpalhex 5y ago

> These data show that only about one in eight white students (12.9%) attends a school where a majority of students are black, Hispanic, Asian, or American Indian. (We refer to this group collectively as students of color hereafter.) In contrast, nearly seven in 10 black children (69.2%) attend such schools (see Figure A). That seems less like segregation and more of just statistics. If black students are a minority, then by definition they won't be a majority in a random subsample. > As shown in Figure B, black students are also in economically segregated schools. Less than one in three white students (31.3%) attend a high-poverty school, compared with more than seven in 10 black students (72.4%). That's probably the stronger argument in your link. That outcome isn't surprising given that most school funds come via property taxes - if most economically depressed areas are minority occupied due to lower costs, then those same schools would also be economically depressed.

tekromancr 5y ago
Keep going! How did there come to be schools that were predominantly black? Why is school funding tied to property taxes? Why isn't there a level of mobility that would allow students to go to a more well funded school? Who made these policies and why?
- vorpalhex 5y ago
  > How did there come to be schools that were predominantly black? The residents in their area are mostly black. > Why is school funding tied to property taxes? That's how most of your city is funded. > Why isn't there a level of mobility that would allow students to go to a more well funded school? There is? Like, you can move to a different school district but it's going to be more expensive. Nobody is preventing you. > Who made these policies and why? It's not clear what policies you are referring to. That we fund things via property taxes?