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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For example, if parts of Ward 3's kids were denied their existing right to go to Wilson high school, then DCPS would have to come up with a non-race-or-class-based reason for zoning those kids out of it.  Because most would say, off the top of their heads, the real reason to move predominately white and well-off kids out of Wilson would be to move more predominately non-white-and-lower-income kids into Wilson.  That's on its face an illegal discriminatory motive.

The best way for DCPS to avoid the entire controversy would be to make Wilson an all-lottery school.  Which would immediately destroy the quality of Wilson as a school, but that's not the subject we're talking about here.[/quote]

My understanding is that desegregation is legal. Meaning, you cannot discriminate against AAs, but it is ok to "discriminate" against whites in order to desegregate. Wasn't that the whole point of Brown v. Board? Maybe some of the recent college admission affirmative action cases have begun to change this - I don't know.

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