--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the Abbott lawsuit took about 4 years.
I'm with you on this one Tom. I don't understand the rationale > (legally) around letting students in this district go to other > district's public schools. Requiring those students to go to APH of > pay for private would improve the overall diversity of the school > while increasing the focus on improvements not just from parents in > AP but parents and taxpayers from the entire district. > > A lawsuit from the school board to re-visit this "avoid Asbury Park > High" policy is both appropriate and would have a good chance of > success. > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" > <justifiedright@> wrote: > > > > Oak you have taken my ball and run onto a whole different field > with > > it. In fact, you are not even playing the same sport with my ball. > > > > NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING in any of my posts has to due with > > inequality in funding. NOTHING. > > > > My topic is that we are sending the white kids away from their > HOME > > district. Get that? Their HOME district. That's why I call > > it "reverse busing." > > > > I understand people don't like busing when it is taking kids away > > from their home district, to a foreign district, to create racial > > balacne in the foreign district. I understand that is > objectionable. > > > > If that is objectionable, so is busing kids AWAY FROM THEIR HOME > > DISTRICT therefore creating the segregated district at home! > > > > Why not make all the kids stay in their home district? They're > > making your kid do it Oak, but the kids in the Asbury District are > > given this special privilege to avoid AP. > > > > This decision was race based. It is the only one like it. It was > > done with a particular purpose, which if you look at the > enrollment, > > worked. > > > > None of the matters you cite overturned Brown. > > > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <oakdorf@> wrote: > > > > > > TD: Lsats are June 11. Can't wait. > > > > > > Given the true facts, I see no reason why the schools in NJ are > > not > > > funded equally. Again, TD, at what point are things considered > > equal? > > > Is it the point every kid from an Abbott district gets into a > > college > > > of their choice or gets straight A's, what about the white kids > > from > > > the lawsuit driven rural Abbott Districts? > > > > > > Tell me - what is equal? beer on me. (then we'll be equal) > > > > > > Another bit: > > > http://www.issues-views.com/index.php/sect/1003/article/501 > > > ....Instead of relying on these explicit constitutional > > guarantees, > > > the Court chose to compromise and used sophistic social science > in > > a > > > legal case that would cripple the education and lives of > millions > > of > > > black children for generations to come. > > > > > > With all due respect to Judge Damon Keith (a jurist of the > highest > > > order) this gala event tomorrow [May 17, 2003] celebrating the > > Brown > > > v. Board of Education case, is a terrible tragedy, not because I > > > don't believe that black people should be allowed to attend > school > > > with whites. I am a black man--born and raised in Detroit and > > > attended Detroit public schools with white children from K-12. > > > However, to celebrate a court case such as Brown, which is > > obviously > > > not based on a single judicial precedent, diminishes the > > Constitution > > > that every American should put its faith in to uphold. > > > > > > In 1954, there was a Faustian bargain made among the eight > voting > > > members of the U.S. Supreme Court, Congress, the President, as > > well > > > as every court in America, every political leader, every public > > > school, private school, law school, university, academy, and > every > > > responsible American citizen. To give legitimacy to Brown v. > Board > > of > > > Education, is to sacrifice lawful constitutional due process and > > > sound constitutional jurisprudence for the expediency of the > > public > > > policy fiction, which the Brown opinion solidified in American > > > culture--that is, that black children must be allowed to attend > > > public school with white children in order to get [equally] > > educated. > > > > > > This type of misguided public policy presupposes that black > > people, > > > prior to 1954, were totally uneducated, ignorant and, just > waiting > > > for Masser to open up the school house door so us poor negroes > can > > > finally get educated by going to school with the white folks! > Ms. > > > Taylor, the hateful assumptions Brown makes about our people > > should > > > be publicly denounced by all rational persons of any race, class > > or > > > creed. > > > > > > In the final analysis, I hope that you will read the selected > > > passages on the Brown opinion in my book, The Inseparability of > > Law > > > and Morality: The Constitution, Natural Law and the Rule of Law > > > (University Press of America,); mtownsend@, or > > > http://www.univpress.com. > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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