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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Ah, yes. The old affirmative action debate.
I note that these issues are usually brought to a head by a parent who complains:
I'm not sure what my opinion on policies like this is... On the one hand, more segregated school disctricts magnifies socioeconomic differences between ethnic groups. On the other hand, the socioeconomic differences in a way came first--the segregation is an effect of them. If the alternative is to do nothing to encourage integration, then I guess I'd be in favour of continuing a program of this kind. But it seems to me that there must be some way of addressing the root causes of racial disparity--and in the long run that should have the same effect, no?
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True.
I abig problem is the develpoment of housing in cities. They need to distribute housing developments evenly around the city. Much like Calgary....a large portion of immigrants live in the NE because 1) it is cheaper and 2) that is where a lot of the same people live....so they want to be around what they know. It would be pretty hard to tell people where they are allowed to live in the city.