It's no small irony that this is happening in the Deep South.
The U.S. Justice Department is suing Louisiana in New Orleans federal court
to block 2014-15 vouchers for students in public school systems that
are under federal desegregation orders. The first year of private school
vouchers "impeded the desegregation process," the federal government
says.
Thirty-four school systems could be affected,...
...The Justice Department's primary argument is that letting students leave
for vouchered private schools can disrupt the racial balance in public
school systems that desegregation orders are meant to protect....
Yes, it does!
...State Education Superintendent John White took issue with the suit's
primary argument and its characterization of the program. Almost all the
students using vouchers are black, he said. Given that framework, "it's
a little ridiculous" to argue that students' departure to voucher
schools makes their home school systems less white, he said. He also
thought it ironic that rules set up to combat racism were being called
on to keep black students in failing schools....
That's not "ironic"; it's Holder's Schoolhouse Door stand, where he chains them IN, never to let them free.
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