Statistics show that blacks have a lower graduation rate and thus fewer go on to receive a higher education. Perhaps if the district would create a more uniform standard for their schools, children would all receive the same quality of education. This ruling is a victory for black Americans, as well as the children who attend schools in this area. Diversity is a necessary part of education. Children should not be isolated from other races.
Racism is a learned trait that can be avoided through education and desegregated socialization.
There is no validation for white parents to claim that their children deserve a better education than black children. Besides, this segregation could never substitute for the tolerance and understanding that children gain through diversity. Bussing is not the ideal answer. Ideally, neighborhoods would be racially mixed and schools would be equal in quality. In 1963, King dreamt of a world in which people are not judged by the color of their skin, in 2000 it seems as if this dream has yet to be fully realized.