White segregation academies are very common in MS

[dsc]

I worked at Gentry High School in Indianola Mississippi for two years. The town of Indianola MS was about 2/3 black and 1/3 white. It had one high school. I had two white students out of 180 and they were a brother and sister. The rest of the white students went to a segregation academy, which participated in our staff development. Literally the white students at my school were out numbered by the white teachers. That was true of nearly all of the schools in which teachers in my program (Mississippi Teacher Corps) were placed. Sadly, I don't see Senator Hyde Smith's sending of her child to a segregation academy will hurt her at all with the GOP.

[elleng]

1. Of course, NO BIG DEAL.

[MaryMagdaline]

2. My elementary school was 95% white in Macon, Georgia

In junior high, half the class went to private schools while the rest of us were bused to the integrated school where it was 55% black.

I never heard the term “segregation academy” in the 70s but that’s what the private schools were. I am the same age as Hyde—Smith. (And no, she will not be punished for attending a private school to avoid integration. The majority of whites who could afford it, did the same thing).

[Hoyt]

3. Not as bad where I am, but a lot of kids are "homeschooled" or

go to Christian schools with only a few minorities.

Up until last couple of years, I went to “separate, but UNEQUAL” schools. We are still paying for that crud, although the kids treated like dirt were hurt the most.

I’m hopeful in election, but expect white winger to win.

[KCDebbie]

4. The original purpose of school vouchers

Was to help white families defray the cost of sending their kids to segregated, private schools with the long term goal of de-funding the public schools that black families depended on...

[LiberalFighter]

5. Are segregation academies publicly funded?

[MarvinGardens]

6. I imagine they are not really called "segregation academies"

or are they? I would not rule it out these days.

And, do they admit explicitly on the basis of race? Or do they exploit socioeconomic differences to keep it mostly white?