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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 09:58 AM Original message |
SUPREME COURT REJECTS SCHOOL DIVERSITY PLANS |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. Justice Kennedy knows he'll burn in hell no matter what for 2000. |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. this is such an unfortunate development. what a shame. n/t |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I'd like to read Kennedy's reasoning before I come to that conclusion |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. 5-4...... |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. The Effects Of *Co Will Be Felt Long After *Co Is Gone.........nt |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. I feel so sick. I am crying. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I'm just reading the opinion now, but what do you think the Court got wrong here? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. Now, to get to the job of reversing Brown vs Board of Education. nt |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. that's starting to seem like their next step |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. All these horrible rulings are on Kennedy's head. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. Ooops |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. Racism Wins! Aren't you proud of Amerika now? You who voted for Bush. Live with this. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. Good |
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TnDem (455 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Exactly right..... |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. OMG!!! "CHOICE"?????!!!! Have you forgotten the shit that was happening,... |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. That didn't make any sense |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. What part didn't you understand? The part about a nation must PROVIDE opportunity for those who,... |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. That still doesn't make any sense |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. cgrindley "I'm not following" |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. A different perspective: I advocate a strong emphasis on diversity, |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Again,...the issue of FINANCIAL RESOURCES is separate from affirmative action. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Possible abuse of a fair decision does not invalidate a fair decision. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I guess you didn't know: kids all over this country have to do that bus trip because,... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. And kids shouldn't have to be bussed around for hours a day to get |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Hear hear |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Ah |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. You misunderstand |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. No, it's NOT okay if the kids are black. I think it's a terrible decision on the part of the court. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Please, do not take my question as personal rather than an inquiry into your experience. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Unfortunately... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yeah, but this was a very poor system - per the Seattle PI: |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I judge schools by test scores |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Tests scores is all you care about? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yep |
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IndyJones (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Amen to that. We had to move to get out of a bad school district |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
50. I heard stuff exactly like that in the Jim Crow South. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. In all free countries, the goals of education are the same |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I knew one of the families that was among the original complaintants. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
51. For nearly all of my elementary school years |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #51 |
59. The grades thing |
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mediawatch (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
44. I was part of bussing in Boston |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Ah, You're a worthy successor to Jim Crow |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. What? |
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Aptastik (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
13. If I remember my Con. Law. class correctly |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. It is the "Roberts Court". IT IS THE "ROBERTS COURT". |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
15. Incrementalism... |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. The Seattle Plan was an incredibly wrongheaded boondogle |
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IndyJones (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Of course that is what would happen. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
52. Racism fuels white flight |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. But the Seattle system WAS very problematic. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. It probably was... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. It only rejected a specific plan -- not diversity goals or using race as an admission factor. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
37. The Nader court does it again. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. My God, You're Right |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. The "there's no difference between the parties" people can choke on this. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
38. White America wins again. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
41. Hey, they fucked the whole thing up in 2000. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
42. (shrug) "Even" DUers don't believe in "black causes" - how can this be a surprise? |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 03:46 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Fairness is not a black cause, it is THE American cause. |
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