Whose Compelling Interest? The Ending of Desegregation and the Affirming of Racial Inequality in Education

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ID9729067
AuthorsJamel K Donnor (0000-0002-1246-1942, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume44
Issue5
Pages535-552
Publication date2012-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0013124511404888
OpenAlexW2117891846
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited40

This article provides a critical race analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to declare voluntary public school integration unconstitutional in Parents v. Seattle School District No.1. The author contends that the high Court used a perpetrator perspective of racial discrimination to privilege the self-interests of white families over students of color opportunity to attend the Seattle metropolitan area’s top public high school. This paper not only explains how the decision locks-in racial inequity in education, but also, how education policies created to improve the learning opportunities for students of color are resisted, and ultimately thwarted by Whites. The article concludes with a discussion for the continuance of race as a proportional instrument to achieve equity in education

Continuance · Critical race theory · Desegregation · Educational Equity · Equity (law · Metropolitan area · Pedagogy · Political science · Privilege (computing · Race (biology · Racial composition · Racial integration · Racism · Sociology · Supreme court · White (mutation · Critical Race Theory in Education · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration · School Choice and Performance

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