Black school board members should oppose the lottery
"Opposing school bonds has been a civil rights strategy for a long time, and we're employing it today," says Guilford County School Board member Deena Hayes.
I'm not sure I understand whose civil rights are advanced by crummy school facilities, but if this thinking makes sense to Hayes and her colleagues, I'd suggest they extend their strategy to similar applications.
I think they'd do more good by calling on people in the black community to oppose the lottery. Many probably waste more money playing the so-called "Education Lottery" than they would pay in taxes for school bonds. And how much educational progress are they getting for it?
Opposing a lottery that suckers poor people would be a more plausible civil rights strategy than voting against school bonds.
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Opposing a lottery that suckers poor people would be a more plausible civil rights strategy than voting against school bonds* Doug
Opposing a horse race like the Kentucky Derby last weekend makes suckers of those rich people who would be more plausible to animal rights strategy after watching 8 Bells die on the spot.
Posted on May 6, 2008 6:13 PM