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This 7 page paper examines the issue of segregation today, looks at liberal and conservative responses to the issues, and identifies logical fallacies in the reasoning of both side. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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But has it really disappeared, or is it getting worse. This paper examines the issue of segregation today, looks at liberal and conservative responses to the issues, and identifies
logical fallacies in the reasoning of both side. Is Segregation Getting Worse? The short answer is yes. After decades of progress toward full integration, racial and ethnic segregation
is once again intensifying (Orfield, 2001). "This resegregation is happening despite the nations growing diversity ... and is contributing to a growing gap in quality between the schools being
attended by white students and those serving a large proportion of minority students" (Orfield, 2001). In the South in particular the rate of resegregation has grown to the point
where "most of the progress made toward increasing integration in the region during the previous two decades was lost" (Orfield, 2001). The plight of the South is of particular
interest because it was here that "the nations greatest increase in racial integration took place" during the period 1964-1970 (Orfield, 2001). The South, despite the resegregation occurring, remains the
only region of the country "where whites typically attend schools with significant numbers of blacks" (Orfield, 2001). White students in general remain "the most segregated from all other races in
their schools," on average attending schools "where less than 20% of the students are from all of the other racial and ethnic groups combined" (Orfield, 2001). And despite the
growing numbers of minorities living in suburbs, suburban schools "remain segregated" (Orfield, 2001). There are many questions that need to be answered with regard to the effects of resegregation on
students. Lets look at a few. First, do they have a better grasp of education in segregated classes, or are they getting a second class education?
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