How is Brown vs. Board of Education relevant?
Although it has been over half a century since legalized segregation plagued the American school system, de facto segregation still exists. For example, neighborhood schools in racially homogenous communities, made possible by districting, keep school-aged children segregated by practice if not by law. Keeping alive the memory of legalized segregation and the profound impact it had on the collective psyche and history of our nation will assist those who doubt that these problems still exist acknowledge not only that they do, but their roots are deep. And although public segregation has been outlawed, each person must still work to outlaw the private segregation within their own communities, and themselves.
