In 2006 still! I’m not surprised, just pissed. There is no way in hell I’ll ever give my children over to the American educational system. Being a survivor of American mentacide, I can’t in good conscience do it. They repeated the Clark Doll test.

A new short film by a New York City high school student asks how far our society has come in its attitude toward race since the 1940s. "It was just, boom, which is the good doll. They said because the white one is the good one, the black one is the bad one," she said. "They internalize these stereotypes that are out there."  Read more 

Jesus Christ on a cracker, how did I miss this??? Segregation now and forever indeed.

The Supreme Court justices, hearing arguments on school integration, signaled yesterday they are likely to bar the use of race when assigning students to public schools.
Such a ruling could deal a blow to potentially hundreds of school systems across the U.S. that use racial guidelines to maintain a semblance of classroom integration in cities whose neighborhoods are divided along racial lines.

However, it would be a major victory for those who have called for “colorblind” decision-making by public officials.

Yesterday’s argument also might mark the emergence of a five-member majority determined to outlaw the official use of race guidelines in schools, colleges and public agencies.

“The purpose of the Equal Protection clause is to ensure that people are treated as individuals rather than based on the color of their skin,” Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. said.  Read more