The Myth of Busing + The Power of the Mind

What? Drawing on and citing the article, discuss a few of the reasons that Hannah-Jones makes the following statement and how she evidences and supports this claim:

The Power of Thinking

Nikole Hannah-Jones highlights an important discrepancy in what people have called busing. She points out how people used the terming busing in order to try and argue that what they wanted was not about race, even though it very clearly was. Hannah-Jones illustrates how people tried to…

“Busing” and Integration

Hannah Jones discusses “busing” in her article. Although I thought it was a complicated read, I really enjoyed it. Jones sees “’busing’ as a race-neutral euphemism that allows people to pretend white opposition was not about integration but simply about a desire for their children to attend…

Desegregation and the Power of Human Thinking

After the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education declared that racially segregated schools were unconstitutional, the politically charged attempt to integrate through desegregation busing was met with violent protests. “The…

The Bus Life

Hannah-Jones talks very passionately in her article. She refers to this, “The term ‘busing’ is a race-neutral euphemism that allows people to pretend white opposition was not about integration but simply about a desire for their children to attend neighborhood schools. But the fact is that American…

Looking at the Racial Root of Education Inequality

In 1954, there was a monumental action that seemingly pushed forward the Civil Rights movement in America. This was the supreme court case of Brown v. Board of education, the ruling that cam the verdict that we would stop desegregation in all…