Talk about School Segregation is a Red Herring

Dear friends,

While integration is important, at least to me, the enrichment of life in the community is of far more significance… Consequently, there is a tendency in African American communities, and a well-deserved hostility and resentment towards centuries of White Supremacy, to prepare our youth for adulthood on our own, as opposed to relying upon those who really have no vested interest in the progress of our communities other than being a place where they can make some money… Unfortunately, the argument about a system of apartheid here is a red herring… This is essentially true, because almost none of the people who are working within the charter school system, much less the traditional school system, have a clue or even desire to have one in a way that will make African American people work towards developing communities where neighbors relate to each other in a manner that make the youth also feel the same sentiment towards those who have yet to even come… But European American communities have exactly the same problem, as quite as it's kept.

G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/23/resegregation_of_american_students_new_report