When I got home this morning I was watching CSpan (yes, I'm a dork) and they basically said that this ruling is going to set a precedent by which all schools will have to conform whether they want to or not.

We are in big trouble in the country, and so many people, our own people, are so complacent and unaware, and yes, I will say it, lazy, that we are sitting back and letting things like this happen without so much as peep. No marches, no speeches. Nothing.

BIG, BIG up to Justice Breyer for reading his decision from the bench and speaking truth.

This past session has decided some big cases, yet I'm sure the general public has had no idea. And all have been decided by 5-4 margins. Georgia Bush knew what he was doing when he loaded up the court. As BMD said, we are in BIG trouble as a country. Sometimes I wonder if it's even worth it bringing children into this world, because it seems as if intolerance is back in and all the work of the civil rights movement is being erased by the laziness of our people.

cspan is the shit, though it has probably increased my already significant dissatisfaction with Congress. They have British Parliament on there. Theirs is just drama and sneaky insults, but they sound better.

I don't know how diverse and racially segregated Seattle is so I can't really say whether it's worth it since it might just be for appearances, but Louisville needs to get it together.

blackmistress said:
"We are in big trouble in the country, and so many people, our own people, are so complacent and unaware, and yes, I will say it, lazy, that we are sitting back and letting things like this happen without so much as peep. No marches, no speeches. Nothing."

I agree! And letting Jesse Jackson and/or Al Sharpton speak on our behalf has to stop too.

JillyBean: I can't tell you how much I agree with that. When I'm out with my fiance's friends/family and things turn to politics they laugh at the fact that black people let these fools speak for us. And I have no argument other than "they don't speak for me and they don't speak for educated black folks." But their response is then why are they on TV 24/7 saying they speak for black people and making you look bad. I feel like I can hold my own in verbal banter, but what can I do when I mention other black activists/social commentators on the scene like Tavis, Cornel West, etc and white folks (and I say that with love. LOL) don't see or know of them b/c Jesse and Al won't get their loud asses off of our TV screens. AND they are both frauds anyway! Why do we listen to them?? The rainbow coalition is a bunch of extortionists and all I have to say re Al is one word: Tawana.

How common is this practice of trying to racially integrate schools? It's nothing I've ever heard of really. This issue would be moot if people weren't segregated to begin with.

Why do I feel like I get an evil look from black people every time I say what JillyBean819 and blackmistressdiva just said? Most of them don't like him either, but for some reason, criticizing them is bad.

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