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Article extrêmement fouillé de la r***e Southern Spaces sur l'idéologie du «school choice», ou comment les écoles privées ont été promues pour contourner l'interdiction de la ségrégation raciale dans les écoles américaines.
Depuis les luttes pour les droits civiques jusqu'à Donald J. Trump (autoproclamé «the nation's biggest cheerleader for school choice»), les reculs ont été nombreux.
« "For whites moving into the new suburbs," writes historian James Hardman Jr., the term "carried the popular consumer phrase 'choice,' and gave the impression that simple economic choice, not morally questionable racial prejudice, was behind the segregation in their communities." It was a redefinition of choice that most of the South's private schools, even those started as "segregation academies," came to embrace and propagate as they persisted and expanded in the decades that followed. »
Author and longtime public education advocate Steve Suitts argues in Overturning Brown that the language and strategies employed by school choice lobbyists and supporters in Washington mirror those of segregationists. In fact, their goals—if accomplished—would do what segregationists could not following Brown v. Board: resegregate schools. In an article for Southern Spaces, Suitts decries a Supreme Court decision forcing states to give public funds to religious private schools. These institutions, writes Suitts, discriminate in terms of both religion and race, resulting in a segregated system that goes beyond simply the "haves" and "have-nots." More at
https://southernspaces.org/2020/supreme-court-overturning-brown-v-board-education/.
Pitts was delighted to host editorial and advisory council members of the
Atla Open Press this week in addition to reps from Emory OA Monographs, Southern Spaces by ECDS at Emory Libraries, and Charlotte Rock. Read more about Atla and their initiatives at atla.com
Thanks to Southern Spaces for featuring this piece by Julian Rankin on the genesis of CATFISH DREAM and what drew him to Ed Scott.
Excited to announce a new series with Southern Spaces, "Q***r Intersections / Southern Spaces." Please share the call widely within your networks of fellow scholars, activists, and artists! Summer plans? ... Submit submit submit! #qiss
I am excited to announce a new series, “Q***r Intersections / Southern Spaces,” with Southern Spaces! Spread it widely within your networks of fellow scholars, activists, and artists! Summer plans? ... Submit submit submit! #qiss
Teachers, students, and lifelong learners: check out these educational resources from our friends at Southern Spaces!
EXCERPT: Read an essay from the forthcoming KEYWORDS FOR SOUTHERN STUDIES edited by Scott Romine and Jennifer Rae Greeson in Southern Spaces.
"The keywords in this volume. . . represent not merely ways to think about the US South but also ways of thinking into and through and beyond it. The question at issue has evolved from 'what is southern studies studying?' to 'what does southern studies do?'"
I am not sure if you are aware of the search in your area(s). We are just covering all areas. If you could please share the following information with staff, friends, family. Currently there are alot of volunteers and search and rescue focused on the beaches of Georgia, which includes the 3 wildlife refuge locations. Your video was found and the area over and around St Catherines is what we are needing help with. The Florida Fish & Wildlife are aware so again, we are just trying to get everyone that might have access to remote/marsh areas. Thank you!
http://findaustinandperry.org/
