Resistance to Integration

What?

In the audio recording “The Myth That Busing Failed” the author, Hannah-Jones challenges this overall idea about the failure of the busing system and advocates for how it was executed in certain parts of the United States. While many were reluctant to…

Critical Reflection #4 — Desegregation and Integration

In “The Myth That Busing Failed”, Nikole Hannah-Jones talks about the myth that busing a failure. Busing actually was extremely effective, especially in the South. At first, the South completely rejected the ruling of Brown v. Board of…

Anchored

In this week’s assigned reading, we were given two podcasts to listen to, The Problem We All Live With broadcasted by This American Life with guest Nikole Hannah-Jones and the other The Myth That Busing Failed by The New York Times hosted by Michael Barbaro and guest Nikole Hannah-Jones. Although the two…

Racism, by Way of Politeness

What? Note points that you find especially relevant in “The Myth That Busing Failed.” What is the myth that Hannah-Jones challenges? Why…

Busing was not a Failure…

What?

I’d like to start off by saying that I was not very aware of the controversial topic centered around busing. As a young student going to Holy Angels Elementary School in Colma, I never had to take the bus to school because my house was literally right…

Integration Through Busing

After listening to the podcast, “The Myth that Busing Failed”, I was intrigued by the idea of busing. Not once in my life had I ever heard about this concept to try and desegregate African American and white students. The myth that Hannah-Jones challenges is that busing failed…

Modern Segregation

Everday I entered my high school, I was boldly greeted by a giant banner that hung in the entrance, reading “Lowell High School, Winner of the 2012 Blue Ribbon Award” with a poster on the side of the wall listing all the other achievements my high school had received. Lowell is a famous public…

Separate is Inherently Unequal

Nikole Hannah-Jones addresses and challenges the myth that busing is ineffective and creates a problem. With the insight that white schools harbor all the best resources (qualified teachers, courses, facilities, etc), it is concluded that black students benefit from being…

Desegregation for the Nation

In the podcast, “The Myth that Busing Failed”, Hannah-Jones talks about how the integration in the cities using busing made a positive impact. People thought that busing was a failure because no one enjoyed busing and it was a waste of time because kids would have to go to…

Racial Inequity on Education

What? Before we dive into the commentary of Hannah-Jones, we must be educated on the background of this point in history. Hannah-Jones speaks about busing. Busing is the act of assigning or transporting students to schools within or outside their local school districts in order…

Still Unequal

What? Hannah-Jones challenges the myth that a busing system failed to desegregate schools. She explains that, “busing was actually the most effective tool. And it was the most effective because it was the most immediate” (Hannah-Jones). People fought busing so hard because, “we really didn’t want to…