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The Role Of Racial Segregation In Education

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Racial segregation has always been, and continues to be, a significant issue in the field of education. The 1954 ruling in the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education forever altered the legal structure of schools. Intentional separation of ethnicities was no longer an acceptable norm within the system of public education. Affirmative action was one proposal that ensured an equal balancing of race among school and work settings. Recently, however, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of state bans on affirmative action. A current article in the Journal of Education & Law outlines some of the developments involving education and affirmative action. The analysis centers on the 2006 initiative in Michigan entitled Proposal 2. The
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