LARGO - “Separate but equal” faded as a guiding principle in public education after a U.S. Supreme Court decision five decades ago that forced racial integration.

But the idea, if not the phrase, is making a comeback in a proposal that would steer Pinellas County students to schools in their own neighborhoods – neighborhoods that remain clearly divided by race.

Most parents want it that way, the school district notes, pointing to surveys showing that schools close to home are a priority.

Yet dissension dogs a school assignment proposal that has been nearly two years in the making as community leaders, teachers and some parents question whether racial imbalance will rob students of resources and exposure to other cultures.

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As long as you have white folks in these schools, then the powers that be are going to care,” he said. “But if it’s all black, hell, let them kill each other. That’s the fear.”

So what are they saying here? - That blacks can’t manage their own schools without white supervision?
Surely they are not saying that blacks tend to be violent are they?

“Other cultures”?  That “culture” seems to be blacks. 
I’d like to see a discussion of what has been gained by either race. 
It certainly hasn’t caused them to love each other.
If anything there was a culture clash that has caused an opposite effect.
If you look at basic psychology and inherent instinct you will understand why that is.
If you think I am wrong show me.
I’m not interested in isolated incidents.  I want the big picture.

When the planners of this debacle started out they never considered the damage they would do to those little ones who had to be bussed accross town and into a strange area far away from their homes.  It must have been a frightening experience for many of them.