Some words, which can be used in more than one context but still have the same meaning, are so strongly linked to a particular event that their use in any other context is inappropriate. " Holocaust"and "segregation" are two of those words.
The historic fight to end segregation in general but especially in the public schools, though well intentioned, was a lot like the revolutions in Arab countries today. Once victorious, what do we do now? There was no plan for desegregation of the schools that took anything into consideration but just "do it".
If the conditions in segregated schools were as bad as was reported, and they were, no intelligent person could miss the fact that these groups, with differing levels of scholastic achievement, could not be mingled without chaos. An orderly process of integrating the students would have recognized that some would need additional help to "catch up" to others at the same grade level. This was not done because it would itself have been a form of segregation
After all these years, a school district, in Texas I believe, wanted to SEPARATE children who needed special attention from the normal class. The fact that these children were only incidentally black brought cries of racism and segregation. These protesters need an education in "reality". How else can these kids ever be educated properly unless someone takes a special interest in their special needs. In a sense, it should be considered as favored treatment.
The time is long past when superficial protests are allowed to deprive others of sensible solutions to sensitive problems. These kids need help now not some ideological nonsense that leaves them in a permanent state of ignorance.
The historic fight to end segregation in general but especially in the public schools, though well intentioned, was a lot like the revolutions in Arab countries today. Once victorious, what do we do now? There was no plan for desegregation of the schools that took anything into consideration but just "do it".
If the conditions in segregated schools were as bad as was reported, and they were, no intelligent person could miss the fact that these groups, with differing levels of scholastic achievement, could not be mingled without chaos. An orderly process of integrating the students would have recognized that some would need additional help to "catch up" to others at the same grade level. This was not done because it would itself have been a form of segregation
After all these years, a school district, in Texas I believe, wanted to SEPARATE children who needed special attention from the normal class. The fact that these children were only incidentally black brought cries of racism and segregation. These protesters need an education in "reality". How else can these kids ever be educated properly unless someone takes a special interest in their special needs. In a sense, it should be considered as favored treatment.
The time is long past when superficial protests are allowed to deprive others of sensible solutions to sensitive problems. These kids need help now not some ideological nonsense that leaves them in a permanent state of ignorance.
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