The Boston Public Schools are still segregated - why?

Question

The Boston Public Schools are 'de facto' segregated. The 1964 Racial Imbalance Act, which started forced busing in the first place, clearly states that any single school which becomes 50% black will be considered segregated. Now the entire B.P.S. is 86% black & hispanic, in total violation of the Racial Imbalance Act. Where's all the screaching liberals and interlopers now?

Answer 1

No they're not...

Answer 2

Are you serious!? They are? That's illegal isn't it? Or are you just joking?

Answer 3

They're not segregated by design - it's more of a reflection of the neighborhoods, which are still mostly divided among racial lines.  In a mostly-black neighborhood, one would expect that the public school would have mostly black children in it.

Judge W. Arthur Garrity ruled that Boston schools were unconstitutionally segregated - but that was in 1974.  Maybe your school should spring for newer textbooks?

Garrity suggested a busing plan to balance the races in the schools, but the Boston School Committee consistently disobeyed orders from the state Board of Education.  Garrity's ruling was appealed to the Supreme Court level, and was upheld, leading to forced busing.

Again, this was in the 1970's.

From Wikipedia:

Today the Boston Public Schools are 86% African American and Hispanic. According to the 2000 census, Boston's white (non-Hispanic) population is 54.48%, whereas Boston's black and Hispanic populations together total 39.77%. Newcomer professional families in the city have comparatively fewer children, and some of those parents, both white and black, prefer to send their children to private and parochial schools rather than have their children attend public school. As a result, the Boston Public Schools have changed their mission from serving all students towards specifically targeting low-income, disadvantaged groups who cannot afford private schools and have no other choice.