ACLU Lawsuit Says Ferguson School District Discriminates Against African-Americans

huffington post ^ | december 18, 2014 | rebecca klein

[lowbridge]

The ACLU lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Missouri NAACP and the district's black residents, according to an ACLU press release. The complaint charges that the at-large voting system violates the Voting Rights Act, as it “impermissibly denies African-American voters an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice.”

While more than three-fourths of the district's students are black, the area's voting-age population is majority-white. The ACLU suit contends that the district's at-large system results in the black vote getting drowned out. It calls for a new system where the district is broken down into sub-regions, each of which would elect one person to the district school board.

“Elected officials in the Ferguson-Florissant School District have not been responsive to the particularized needs of the African-American community," the complaint reads. "For example, the Board has been insufficiently attentive to issues of educational equity facing African-American students in the District."

[Fungi]

Nonsense.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Why don’t they just cut to the chase and advocate killing all white people?

[Ray76]

To put it very mildly.

[onyx]

I’m beyond sick and tired of Ferguson.

[realcleanguy]

So, voting by Skin Pigment now? what is happening to the united States???

[Mears]

So the black vote is getting drowned out?

Tough !

I live in MA——what about my vote?

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[Redbob]

So... one man, one vote isn’t good enough for them any more?

[Veggie Todd]

Sorry, blacks - you’ve outlived your usefulness. The illegals are now the flavor of the month.

[funfan]

Me too.

[onyx]

The damn town or whatever it is, needs a name change.

[BenLurkin]

no such thing as a black vote

[DB]

So how many shades of skin color are going to be defined so “sub regions” can be properly setup so each can have its own “special needs” met... What about hair color, can't discriminate against those differing needs either can we?

F'in idiots.

[heartwood]

I’m guessing the black fraction of students will increase beyond the present 77%, and that blacks will soon comprise the majority of the voting age population.

Give it two or three years, problems solved, no lawsuits required.

[dfwgator]

They named it after Al Bundy's favorite toilet.

[VanShuyten]

The unexplained problem in this article is that Ferguson is 75% Black, but

“While more than three-fourths of the district’s students are black, the area’s voting-age population is majority-white.”

Is there some reason why the 25% white population can vote and get a majority, but the 75% can’t? Is there something the HuffPoo isn’t saying?

[onyx]

LOLOLOLOL.

[VanShuyten]

Sorry, blacks are 67% as of the 2010 census.

[GeronL]

The ACLU will win, they seem to win these types of lawsuits.

[chris37]

Who cares.