Letter: Wage gap keeps segregation alive

Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006 | 7:08 a.m.

Fifty-two years ago. That is the amount of years that have passed since the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that separate is not equal, and that public schools must be integrated. There are still people alive who remember the time when segregation existed, and generations today still live it. Segregation is still alive today, only that now it roams in the shadows, working behind the scenes.

If the Supreme Court rules that school cannot work to further integration, then segregation will be allowed to continue. The segregation of today works in the class system by allowing those with enough money to isolate themselves from others.

Since white Americans statistically make higher wages, they can afford to live in areas in which prices do the discrimination. To keep the appearance of equality, one or two minorities might be allowed to join.

Since students go to schools in their areas, these class separations are the keys to keeping schools segregated.

The Supreme Court first ruled in favor of segregation, then later ruled against it. Now it's time to see on which side this court wishes to stand.

Omar Lopez, Las Vegas

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