I find it heartbreaking that most of the time not just schools, but a whole area dedicated to them is always an area of dismay. I can’t name one area that I have been to with the name of Martin Luther King that isn’t in an area that is predominately black or isn’t filled with poverty. Why can’t a school named Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King have a variety of students to show that different races can attend the same school? I believe a school named after an influential civil rights activist should honor or promote what they fought for, which is for students of all races to go the same …show more content…
Is it because of the area that they live in, their upbringing, or whites choosing to be amongst other whites? Whites will not give up the opportunity that they already have, which is a better school with better opportunities for a school with mostly minorities without resources. It wouldn’t make logical sense. Therefore, the only way to create a school with a mixed environment is by sending minorities to schools that are predominately white. However, when too many minorities enter a good school that consists of mostly whites, the whites start pulling their children out of those schools. They start moving to other schools where the population is predominately white. They want their children to encompass the same success that they have and will do anything to do