I don’t think it is about race so much as about why would the successful want to absorb the unsuccessful and their problems.
From the article:
“’The mere act of merging the two really provides no education value, but not merging the two ... that provides educational harm for our students,’ Jones said.”
This statement can be understood only by those who are well practiced in doublethink.
Also:
“The 2010-2011 budget for Memphis City Schools is about $890 million to cover 103,000 students, 85 percent of whom are black. For the 47,000-student Shelby County system, which is 38 percent black, it’s more than $363 million.”
So the per-student spending is higher in Memphis, with results that don’t come close to matching the suburban county district. So, as usual, there is simply NO CORRELATION between spending and results.