August 19, 1999 at 12:00 am #20075
Andrew
Participant
Racism exists everywhere, no matter what the educational philosophy. And as bad as things are in this country, I don't see any other country that's doing any better. How many members of the German parliament are of Turkish ancestry? How many British MPs are of Indian, Pakistani or Jamaican ancestry? Are European attitudes toward Jews any more enlightened now than 60 years ago? For all America's faults, American minorities are more likely to share power and wealth than minorities anywhere else in the world. As for the idea that the U.S. government is interested in keeping groups separate, that flies in the face of 30 years of active - and not totally successful - efforts to integrate schools.