Nebraska Public Schools
The AP has an interesting article regarding the de facto segregation of Nebraska's elementary schools. The situation exists because children are able to move between schools in a district. Parents are moving their kids to outlying schools away from city schools that are heavily Hispanic.
In my trips through the Nebraska wilderness in the mid-90's, I remember my first trip to the town of Schuyler which is mentioned in the article. I later described it to a friend as being as Hispanic in appearance as Brownsville, Texas (which is on the border with Mexico for those who missed that day in geography class). And literally, out in the middle of nowhere in Nebraska. I remarked during my trip to a local at the Hispanic Flavor of the this town. I was told at that time of the very real racial divide taking place in rural Nebraska between the Anglos and Hispanics.
The sad point is that I can point to similar divides occurring in rural Wisconsin where Hispanic labor is involved. The only difference is Wisconsin has small city or village-based school districts that wouldn't afford the transfer opportunities that exist in the Nebraska situation.
In my trips through the Nebraska wilderness in the mid-90's, I remember my first trip to the town of Schuyler which is mentioned in the article. I later described it to a friend as being as Hispanic in appearance as Brownsville, Texas (which is on the border with Mexico for those who missed that day in geography class). And literally, out in the middle of nowhere in Nebraska. I remarked during my trip to a local at the Hispanic Flavor of the this town. I was told at that time of the very real racial divide taking place in rural Nebraska between the Anglos and Hispanics.
The sad point is that I can point to similar divides occurring in rural Wisconsin where Hispanic labor is involved. The only difference is Wisconsin has small city or village-based school districts that wouldn't afford the transfer opportunities that exist in the Nebraska situation.
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