It is worth mentioning that the Constitutional basis of Brown v Board was very questionable. The Feds and the Court have no such power under the Constitution.
More important, the case has been a total failure. The belief that "inspired" the ruling was that "separate but equal" was allowing states and school districts to shortchange Negros, thus providing a less "equal" education than it provided to White kids. By demanding that schools be integrated, it was thought that Negro children would get a better education than they had been.
But this was a fatuous hope that has not proven itself valid in the ensuing seventy years. Schools were integrated, often by force, and yet the academic "achievement gap" remains, and it appears that Black parents would just as soon have their kids educated with other Black kids, if given the choice. Further, the White schools that had an influx of Black students suffered academically, with the only benefit being better basketball teams.
The VP's implicit claims that her education was enhanced significantly by being bused to a "Whiter" school are nothing but empty posturing. Having two highly-educated parents did her more good than any public school would have, regardless of its demographic profile.
Thank God we have justices like Justice Thomas, who knows the Constitution and knows how it is supposed to apply to American lives.
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