Brickbat: Separate But Not Equal
22nd April 2015
Officials with the South Bend, Indiana, school system have postponed college field trips for some third-graders. The trips were originally to include only black students, but after local media reported that students of other races would be excluded, many parents began to complain. The trips are reportedly being changed to include all students who qualify for free and reduced lunches as well as any who would be first-generation college students.
In other words, a way to ensure that they are predominantly black students without appearing to arrange it so.
It would be interesting to check back later and see how many of those students actually, you know, went on to graduate from college.