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I will always live in a neighborhood where my kids can walk safely to a good, safe school.

That was the first thing that went though my mind: this is about neigbhorhood schools.

Oh, the irony of this article.

I love it. They can't believe what they foisted on us. The kids in my neighborhood for years were bussed past school after school to attend a school in a near ghetto so that the percentages could be maintained.

As a Realtor, the most prejudiced people I dealt with were from the north. Southern bias is a mystery to me.

Back on the topic of the article and away from doughnuts (sorry SNC :)) Charlotte has changed quite a bit in the past 20 or so years. I would say that the influx of foreigners (those outside of the South) brought on the segregation. The upper crust neighborhoods and those within it looked down on more than just a race of people, they looked down on anyone outside of their class.

Unfortunately in Charlotte, this over time came to be poor blacks with some whites. I think in Charlotte it's not so much of a race issue as a class issue. Look at Eastland Mall and South Park. That wasn't done on purpose but from what I hear from relatives I wouldn't go to Eastland unless I was wearing a vest at least.