re: How jacked up was the Brown v Board decision on desegregation?

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I understand this..... but what I'm saying is that Mr Brown said that the all black school his child was attending was actually a really good school and he found the education his child got afterward at the all white school was pretty much the same..... but in the decision the court's language was pretty damn racist in stating that the black kids just couldn't possibly be able to get the same education and their education had been 'retarded' due to the fact it was all black school.... I just never realized how racist their opinion was.

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Is Oliver Brown the end all be all in judging the educational standards of schools? Even if the school was perfectly adequate, it is only one fricking school out of thousands that were not likely up to standard! Upon that, think of being told year after year that you cannot attend a certain school strictly due to your skin. Do you really think that'll have a positive, long-standing impact on students?

The court found

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segregation in public education has a detrimental effect upon Negro children, but denied relief on the ground that the Negro and white schools were substantially equal with respect to buildings, transportation, curricula, and educational qualifications of teachers

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Look at:Gebhart v. Belton -

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judgment for the plaintiffs and ordered their immediate admission to schools previously attended only by white children, on the ground that the Negro schools were inferior with respect to teacher training, pupil-teacher ratio, extracurricular activities, physical plant, and time and distance involved in travel.

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