The Failures of Integration by Sheryll Cashin
Published for the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education: If "separate, but equal" has been illegal for fifty years, why is America more segregated than ever?. On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that separate educational facilities for blacks and whites are inherently "unequal" and, as such, violate the 14th Amendment. The landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education , sounded the death knell for legal segregation, but fifty years later, de facto segregation in America thrives. And Sheryll Cashin believes that it is getting worse. The Failures of Integration is a provocative look at how segregation by race and class is ruining American democracy. Only a small minority of the affluent are truly living the American Dream, complete with attractive, job-rich suburbs, reasonably low taxes, good public schools, and little violent crime. For the remaining majority of Americans, segregation comes with stratospheric costs. In a society that sets up "winner" and "loser" communities and schools defined by race and class, racial minorities in particular are locked out of the "winner" column. African-Americans bear the heaviest burden. Cashin argues that we n| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781586481247 |
| ISBN 10 | 158648124X |
| Title | The Failures of Integration |
| Author | Sheryll Cashin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Year published | 2004-04-13 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award (Nonfiction) 2005 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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