Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: The busing issue is based on one unavoidable fact. [View all]wyldwolf
(43,875 posts)Democtats - liberal Democrats - used it. It's used on policy papers and legal proceeding. I get that you and other "progressives" want to retroactively make it a racist term. That's expected in silly season.
*** You made an inaccurate claim that Blacks opposed busing. ***
In Deleware, a plurality of blacks opposed it 53-47%. Another poll from 1977 - three years later - found a similar result. Among parents of public school students, opposition to busing was 90-8% in the heavily white New Castle County suburbs. In Wilmington, with a largely black student population, opposition ran at 42-39%.
The gallup poll mentioned previously also showed a plurality of blacks against it.
*** parallel studies showed that Black support for busing never dropped below 50% until Black leaders started to question the practice in the face of White flight to avoid integrated schools. ***
Link?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden