George Will plays loose with the facts.

dawsman

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Thursday July 05, 2007 · 7:06 PM PDT

2007/07/05 · 19:06

In the preface to his columnpromoting the Supreme Court decision on race in public schools, George Will states:

The court ruled 5 to 4 that Seattle, which never had school segregation, and Louisville, which did but seven years ago completed judicially mandated remedial measures, must stop using race in assigning children to schools to produce particular racial ratios in enrollments.

By stating this one source of information on Seattle's race history, Will intends to create a frame that the left-wing is attacking cities that have never had racial problems, at least against those of African-American descent and that these cities do not need any type of help with diversity.

The problem with George Will's frame, however is that it is patently false. Seattle may have not ever had segregated schools; for one, the African-American population was much lower than in other areas of the country, and still is in the majority of the Pacific Northwest, than it is in the rest of the country. Despite this, Seattle most certainly has had its share of race problems.

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