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15 year-old Dorothy Counts, the only Black student in her newly desegregated school, is harassed by white students. Family friend Dr. Edwin Tompkins accompanies her. North Carolina, USA, 1957 (media.piefed.social)
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[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

So, back then, they had white schools with white students and white teachers, and black schools with black students and black teachers.

I saw an interview with some black teachers from back then, and apparently, the black teachers recommended that the teachers be integrated before the students. Start with adult black teachers going to teach at white schools. Adults who truly knew what they were getting into. Adults who could pave the way and make life slightly easier for the children to follow.

It's hard enough being a kid to start with, but intentionally putting children into such situations seems so obviously intentionally cruel.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

And thus you explain why they didn't do that.

Trying to sabotage a thing they can't prevent entirely by forcing it to be done in the worst way possible has been a political tactic since forever.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

That’s only part of it. These vicious morons also truly believed that black teachers were worse and therefore didn’t want their children “disadvantaged.”

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Also, after integrating the schools, they didn't need as many teachers and administrators as they did before. Guess which people they kept.

[-] III@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Isn't it comforting to know that in today's world we would just fire the ones making the most money or replace them all with an overly expensive AI? Progress...

[-] zout@fedia.io 25 points 1 month ago

This was elected the world press photo. Sad thing is, after only four days she left the school due to continuous harrasment.

[-] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Hurts to think that some of the people in this photo are still voting in elections

[-] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 10 points 1 month ago

Half a probably senators by now

[-] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

What a bunch of shitheads

[-] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Bunny ears in pictures is older than I realized

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Those weren't bunny ears

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

What is it then

[-] silver@das-eck.haus 19 points 1 month ago

Looks like devil horns to me

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Alien antenna

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