Comments on: Handling discrimination. http://weblog.larrydburton.com/archives/2006/12/04/1164 Still scratching my head. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:22:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Larry D. Burton http://weblog.larrydburton.com/archives/2006/12/04/1164#comment-14294 Larry D. Burton Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:41:07 +0000 http://weblog.larrydburton.com/archives/2006/12/04/1164/#comment-14294 Felix, I have a few things to say about the developers that build subdivisions that have all houses selling for about the same price. I have even more to say about the developers that clump similar priced subdivisions together. In my opinion this is destroying society and going a long ways toward destroying our environment. Maybe I'll say those things later on tonight if I feel wordy enough. Felix, I have a few things to say about the developers that build subdivisions that have all houses selling for about the same price. I have even more to say about the developers that clump similar priced subdivisions together. In my opinion this is destroying society and going a long ways toward destroying our environment.

Maybe I’ll say those things later on tonight if I feel wordy enough.

]]> By: Felix Miller http://weblog.larrydburton.com/archives/2006/12/04/1164#comment-14286 Felix Miller Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:21:52 +0000 http://weblog.larrydburton.com/archives/2006/12/04/1164/#comment-14286 Larry said: ...if people prefer living around people of similar cultural or racial backgrounds they have every right to do so. That is the problem exactly. We have a society of largely segregated neighborhoods, in spite of Fair Housing Laws. Given the relatively lower ability of minority families to spend as much on housing as most of the majority, there is an economic factor guaranteeing neighborhoods that are segregated. This is a bad situation, limiting the interaction between disparate groups within the population. Each group remains isolated from the other, and the sense of community is not fostered. Given the composition of the SCOTUS, I expect there will be at least some limiting of the forced integration of schools. Larry said:

…if people prefer living around people of similar cultural or racial backgrounds they have every right to do so.

That is the problem exactly. We have a society of largely segregated neighborhoods, in spite of Fair Housing Laws. Given the relatively lower ability of minority families to spend as much on housing as most of the majority, there is an economic factor guaranteeing neighborhoods that are segregated.

This is a bad situation, limiting the interaction between disparate groups within the population. Each group remains isolated from the other, and the sense of community is not fostered.

Given the composition of the SCOTUS, I expect there will be at least some limiting of the forced integration of schools.

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