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1. I was floored to a certain extent when I read about the history and impact of busing, or not busing in many cases. I immediately began to wonder how it was possible that I hadn't heard about this before, especially considering that I went to a very progressive school in an already progressive area (despite the fact that it is so segregated). I am also curious how, if the government was aware of the effects of bussing, and also mandated desegregation, how it was possible that they allowed it to be rolled back.
2. I would have no problem with it. If it came at the cost of my child’s education to go to a predominantly black school, then I would like to say I will still be in favor of it, but I can’t say that confidently. But the article made it clear that it was a victimless act, in which black people greatly benefited. I think that furthermore, the statistics shown in the article regarding the differences in life-expectancy, incarceration and wage between black kids who had access to the “Education Trifecta” dismantles the common argument that many of the problems in black society have to do with “black” or “urban” culture.
3. I was most surprised by the fact that bussing was still rolled back, and how if  the “separate can still be equal” idea was disproved, how white parents could still succeed in repealing busing laws. To me, I often struggle with whether the government should be completely representational of American ideas, or if it should protect its citizens from the more malicious aspect of society. This article about busing has left me even more confused.

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1. The main question I have is actually for government officials, if they didn't want the department of education enforcing integration and they believed it wasn't the responsibility of the federal government either than how did they believe change was going to happen- or is that the point? They didn't want to see change? How is there supposed to be progress on a national level, or even small city level, if it isn't taken seriously by institutions?
2. I think we learn more from the people around us and the places we go than in some classrooms. For this reason I would allow my child to ride the bus. No matter the race of my child I would want them to live bravely and live with the desire to help the world become a better place. I would want to teach my child about the history of bussing once they are old enough so that they can see for themselves the progress he/she is a part of.
3. What surprised me more were the statistics. In the span of eight years schools in the south went from having 2 percent of black children to 50 percent. And now the south has become the most integrated region. I feel like this is the part of history class I missed- the progress and the necessary changes that helped our country, and the good that has happened in some places that we can help bring to our own schools/neighborhoods. Learning about progress illustrates the change we can see on a greater scale. Learning about the 'now' and the 'how' can help progress spread.

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1. Although the article discusses busing and its use as a tool for desegregation, I would like to hear more specifics about busing. I want to know how were children chosen to be put on the integrated bus and whether this was random or something the parents had to agree to.In addition to this I would also like to hear thoughts of black parents at this time and whether they wanted their children in integrated schools or if they preferred the segregated schools.
2. I am not opposed to having my children bussed to create greater integration but it depends on the area we reside in and if the region is accepting or bigoted. If the area is full of bigots then I would not allow my children to be bussed because that could be potentially dangerous as there are radical people out there that would bring harm to them in order to further their own agenda.
3.What surprised me the most about this article was the fact that the south is currently the most integrated region for black children. This is surprising to me because typically the south is thought of to be racist so I am surprised that the desegregation efforts in the south yielded better results that the norths'.

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What surprised me the most was the chart, Resegregation Began Three Decades Ago. It was interesting to see that as there were plans of integrating and desegregation, but by the late 1980’s, there was an incline of segregation till 2011. What was most interesting was that schools in the Northeast became the most segregated overall; New York is a part of the Northeast and I would think that it is like a melting pot here.

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It is obvious that the black community had a problem that white schools were getting better resources and education than black schools, but I wonder how they felt about having to be in these integrated busses and how it must have been for the children.

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In general, I support bussing and I would allow my child to ride the bus, for higher education and equal opportunity. However, I feel that it is the child’s choice to decide whether they want to take these busses. Although it was not heavily mentioned in the article, I am sure some children have suffered emotional and physical trauma due to their race.

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What surprised me the most about this article is the fact that we never learned about this in school. I was vaguely familiar with VP Harris's confrontation with President Biden's actions and choices, but I never looked into it enough to even know the terms being discussed and that is what im most surprised by, as well as disappointed.

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1. why did it take so long for it to become common knowledge that desegregation should be the main focus. Its not an issue of where the bus is going, its more so of who all is on the bus?

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The definition of busing which is “.... a race-neutral euphemism that allows people to pretend white opposition was not about integration but simply about a desire for their children to attend neighborhood schools” surprised me the most because I thought busing just means transporting kids from home to school and school to home and this definition is very specific.

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Why can't parents just teach their kids how to behave in a certain way and explain how bullying is a horrible thing to do? Since I am more of a visual learner, the pictures did help me a lot to really image what it was for the black students at that time.

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I think I would be okay with my children being bussed to create greater integration but if my kids feel threaten, left out, bullied, pushed around, get treated unfairly. Then, I would rather drive them to school or make them use the public transportation to protect them.  I will also leave it to them to choose to take the school bus or not, but if I know it is not safe for them then we are driving.

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No, I wouldn't want my child to be bussed. It not that I have anything against greater integration, I just want to drop and pick my child up from their school so I can see with my own eyes that they are there. I personally, have seen a lot of bullying on busses as well as social issues. I would ultimately leave the decision up to my child as soon as they are old enough to understand that being bused is also their responsibility because I don't want to force my child into something they aren't comfortable. My child however will understand how to behave towards others while being bussed, that is a part of their responsibilities.

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Reading my peers responses has given me a bit more clarity on what the articles theme is. Bussing to school = more intergration, for all. I personally never took a yellow bus to school, I either was walked by my mom or I took the bus and train when I got older. I think it would depend on where I will raise my family and if cars are an option for them when they are older. I hope that my kids will be able to fend for themselves so they can handle whatever comes their way.

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What exactly is a neighborhood school? I don't really understand if bussing was good or not. From my understanding White people liked taking busses because it was more comfortable and black kids had to walk for miles to get to a good school because "good schools" didn't exist in their neighborhood? didn't really understand the article it bounced around a lot it was hard to keep up for me. Hopefully in class it'll be more clear once we speak on it as a class.

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I was surprised that people took something as simple as transportation to school, something everyone has a right to do, so seriously as to limit it to a specific group a people because of how they look.

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The thing that first surprised me was that busses for school were either used to be exclusive most of the time in favor of whites. Another thing that surprised me was how the southerners literally bombed schools thinking about how many young lives that were lost and how the government was not doing much to help stop it even though the school was just following the supreme court by enrolling a young black girl to a primarily white school.

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What surprised me most about the article is that New York has some of the most segregated schools. When first reading that I went like “what, really???” but then I realized that New York is not just the 5 boroughs. I feel like going to school in the city has given me a lot of opportunities to meet people from all different backgrounds and cultures. But New York City is just one part of the state.

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The questions I have are: Why are we not taught this topic in elementary and high school? Why can’t public schools get equal funding?

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I support bussing to create greater integration. I feel like being bussed would be a good way to learn new cultures and meet new people you would not be able to meet if you went to a school locally. I took a yellow bus (I would have taken the MTA but that would have meant waking up at almost 4 am since it took me 3 hours to get to and from school by MTA) to my high school every day for 3 years (for my final years the bus got shut down due to funding) and although I had to spend a few hours on a bus, it was a positive experience. The condition for me is to learn more about the school. I would not send my child to a school filled with people who hate others for their race, sexuality, religion, etc. I would have to do a lot of research on the school to make sure it would be a perfect fit for my child. Another condition is depending on if my child is in a club or sport. Would the bus wait for them?

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Why was it allowed, to use state tax that the black community also paid only to keep the segregation in favor for the white community. How is that fair or  legal?
Also, why did it take them rebelling after 5 years to reopen schools? I understand (hot happily) that segregation was a thing, but then why not let them go to school? Why have that county without a school system for 5 years?

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The information that surprised me the most about this article is that the yellow school busses were considered a luxury reserved for white children and therefore, black children would walk long distances to their assigned schools, by the time they got there they were covered by the dust coming from a passing by yellow bus; which was paid for with the taxes from black parents. Another issue that surprised me was that not only were black children restricted from taking the bus but that their education mattered so little to the government that they didn't even offer a single high school that they could attend.

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I am surprised how Joe Biden was against busing also how the whites keep finding excuse for their actions which is obvious for their intention. They could bomb the school, just because, the principal accept one black girl. I am also surprised how they claim desegregation using busing failed when many didn't try to compromise the decisions from the government.

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The most surprising part for me was the audacity of having African American adults pay taxes to basically fund a Caucasian child’s education and leave their child the bits and crumbs. Also, the lack of support for the brown ruling after the Caucasian Northerners realized that the African-American Northerners were trying to make it apply up there as well.

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Did the school where black students usually attend improve? Did they gain more tools and material for classes? Is there white teachers there teaching the black students in their neighborhood. Is the government doing anything to help the black neighbor and their schools?

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I was floored hearing that whites were bombing schools and getting mad over A FEW black students were allowed in their schools. It should have been desegregated all together, but for such chaos over a few innocent children is beyond me. It actually makes me think about todays climate and the things happening today to rebel against the government, showing history really does repeat itself sadly.

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1. Did their Caucasian counterparts really believe that they weren’t going to fight for their child to be treated right?
2. Did African-American parents pay more in taxes?
3. If an African-American parent found out that their taxes are basically funding someone else’s child education and they decided to stop paying taxes would the IRS arrest them the same way they would today ?

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I am not sure, I would of course ask whether they want to be bused for not. Of course, I would like a greater integration, but I would not the idea of my child getting bully and mistreat because of it. I might not like the idea of sending them but if they want to make a difference I will allow them. I would allow them since we need to work together to change the education system with other black families and other Americans.

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I am not against my child bussing although would be a bit worried. I think it should be up to my kid and how comfortable they are. Overall, its whatever is best to de segregate things and keep other children and children safe.

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Why did African Americans have to pay taxes for services that were restricted for them to use? If the education of black children mattered so little to the government, the funding and tools for children were split so unfairly, why did African American parents have to have any kind of contribution to either the community or the taxes if they had no benefit of doing so?

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What surprised me the most about the article is the support White Northerners had for desegregation in the South until they realized it applied to them too. This shocked me because I used to think the North was way more liberal. I guess they had a NIMBY mentality which I have seen in my neighborhood recently.

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What surprised me most about the article is when Nikole Hannah-Jones stated that, ‘This is how two-way busing worked and why integration was necessary — white people would never allow their children to attend the types of inferior schools to which they relegated black children’. I found this particular statement shocking because it shows that one of the key reasons white families stood against integration is because they didn’t believe the black schools good enough for their children. It opened my eyes to just how deeply engrained racist thinking was in not only their thoughts but also their actions and showed just how important integration was to black families. I found it interesting that the grade gape between black and white students decreased as integration of southern schools grew. It showed how integrating white students into black schools greatly increased the quality of education available to all students of color. I also found it shocking that the North fell so far behind the South in terms of integration. It looked as if they felt they would be exempt as they thought they had already proved themselves allies during the Civil War. It just goes to show that we can never stop fighting for equality and standing up for racial injustices.

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Was there every any white person who went to an all black school? How was their experience like? Was busing the big first step to integration beyond schools? I'm just curious how Kamala Harris went from calling out Joe Biden to becoming his friends and running with him in the presidential election.

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I wouldn't oppose my child being bussed to create a greater integration, but I would like for the option to always be there. I never took a yellow bus to school, I either was driven to school or took the train with my mom. I did, however, take a yellow bus to the after-school program my parents put me in, from my personal experience that put a lot of pressure on me because I had to be quiet to myself and even be a bystander to any bullying on the bus. If bussing was an option for my child, I would prefer to drive them or find a way to get them to school on my own until they are old enough to make that choice themselves or to understand how to avoid tough situations. Bussing my child would be an option if I couldn't get them to school and that would be a possible resort but that would mean that I would have to prepare them for any unwanted encounter so that they are able to expect and defend themself in a respectful manner.

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The most about the article surprised to me “Compulsory apartheid is a failed lie.” In the South, the history of racial discrimination made whites look down on blacks. Even if black children and white children are in class together, whites also dislike black children. The article said: "white people would never allow their children to attend the types of inferior schools to which they relegated black children." White people look down on blacks, and the increase in black education has led to an increase in the income of blacks.

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I would want my child to be bussed to create a greater integration. I would to expose my child to many different people because I feel like when you isolate your child they can either grow fears or lack social skills. However, I am keeping in mind that it is 2021. If it was the 1970s, I would question it because it is evident how much of a struggle it was for black children. Ultimately, I would allow my child to remove themselves if it negatively impacts them and they can not handle it.

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Nothing really surprises me when it comes to what black people had to go through back in the days. But I find it very sad that black children had to walk long distances to get to school and then get covered in dust by the buses driving by filled with white kids. The same bus that’s paid for by the tax dollars of black people. It’s sad that the government didn't really value the education of black children.

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The article raises questoins like, what would of happened if all black people stopped funding for busing? Would the white children walk to school, along with the black children?

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I wouldn’t mind if my child rode the bus to and from school to create greater integration, but I would rather pick up and drop off my child to school, just because I know they’ll be safe with me. However, by me giving my child a ride wouldn’t make such a huge difference because kids/people are going to mean regardless. So while I'm saving my child from the potential bullying and mistreatment on the bus, it could still happen at the school, while I'm not there and that’s out of my control. Therefore, I believe that it’s up to me to teach my child how to defend themselves.

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I don't want my children to be bussed. I can accept racial integration in another way. Child bussed can cause severe trauma to their souls. I can accept this procession method of protest.

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How strong was the psychology of black children at that time? They were still so young and the psychological pressure would be great at that time.

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What surprised me most after reading this article was learning that one of the main reasons schools even became integrated was because of busing. It seems that the only reason why there was any integration at all, was to make an unwilling compromise to quiet down conflict and gain political propaganda. I was surprised to read that even after the desegregation of schools occurred, nothing about it was equal or fair because the White people were still trying to find ways of avoiding the movement for integration. It also surprised me that Joe Biden was opposed to desegregation and busing, but then recently tried to cover up the truth and deny what he once believed.

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This article has made me think a lot about what our busing system looks like right now before the pandemic. To think that these events occurred not so long ago, makes me wonder that if redlining and zoning in neighborhoods continue, can we expect a segregated education system as we had in the past? Is there a possibility for these events to repeat in the present day? What does our busing system look like today?

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I would want my child to be bussed to create greater integration. I would want my child to understand that it does not matter what you look like or where you came from, everyone should have an equal opportunity to an education regardless of who you are. If the resources exist and we know how to use them, we should not deprive our children of them under any circumstance. More importantly, a child should not have to take a bus for 2 hours to get to school, there should be rich resourced schools available to all children in their own INTEGRATED neighborhoods. The problem becomes that whites and blacks did not live in the same neighborhood which is why bussing was needed. If busing is what is needed for my child to attend a school with equal opportunity then I would want them to be bussed, but the bigger issue is that our neighborhoods, in general, are not integrated.

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The part that surprised me the most is when I see that the local government use all funds in white school but African American also had paid taxes at that time. That surprised me becuase that's totally unfair and I believe it would never happen at today's life.

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I think it dependenps on my child's psychological quality. What I mean by that is first I would encourage my child to meet more friends, to make friends with other race. If my child is a lively boy/girl, who are willing and love to make friends. I would want him/her to be bussed to create greater integration. Buf if my child is a introverted child. I would not do that.

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I think it dependenps on my child's psychological quality. What I mean by that is first I would encourage my child to meet more friends, to make friends with other race. If my child is a lively boy/girl, who are willing and love to make friends. I would want him/her to be bussed to create greater integration. Buf if my child is a introverted child. I would not do that.

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The question I have for this article is why does it take so long to create greate integration? is it because federal government does not have enough power, enough prestige to make people to not segegrated. Or that is the conquence of the freedom which American believes?

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The question I have for this article is why does it take so long to create greate integration? is it because federal government does not have enough power, enough prestige to make people to not segegrated. Or that is the conquence of the freedom which American believes?

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The thing that surprised me most was the word "busing" itself. I had never heard of that word before or knew that it existed. As i further read the article another thing that surprised me was the siphoned state tax dollars. The money of blacks was used to benefit the whites and their privileges. That did seem quite unfair, they paid yet still had no say.

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Why didn't the blacks just stop funding the busing program? Couldn't they create one of their own? How did some white children feel about the reason behind being privileged.

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I would not mind if my child was bussed to create integration. Although I would focus on how my child feels more comfortable and consider their choice. If bussing does not interfere with my child's education and mental health then I would allow it.

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I don't appose to my child bussing if it was able to create a integration. But its all based on the personal cicumstances of individuals and the resources available to them. Also my child has a choice and mind of their own to let me know what they feel more comfortable with. But bussing wouldn't be something I would push and imbed in my child

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My biggest question is literally why don't all schools receive the same funding.? What makes one school more superior than another to receive more backup ?

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What surprised me the most after reading the article would be how symbolic the yellow school bus is of American Education. This symbolism has also drastically changed throughout the years, which is something I had never thought of before reading this article. For example, before Brown v. Board of Education, the school bus symbolized segregation, as it was a tool that helped segregate students. After segregation was ruled unconstitutional, the school bus would be used as a tool for integration. Now, even though schools are still divided based on neighborhoods, race wealth, etc. as stated by the article, “Millions of kids still ride school buses every day, and rarely do so for integration”. 

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What surprised me first was the word “bussing” never knew it was a word or actually heard of it or thought it was actually something. Next, how school buses was “considered a prized luxury reserved for white children” which is crazy because all students no matter what the race was should’ve received transportation on the school bus. What was also surprising was how the tax money that the black parents paid for was being used to pay for the buses that the whites were using to get to their “white schools”.

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I think I would have my child be bussed to school but I would also let them have the choice to decide if they want to ride the school bus or not because I wouldn't want them to feel pressured as if it was mandatory to take it. But it would all depends on how they will feel because I wouldn't be a parent that would just have them take the bus because that's what I want them to do instead of actually hearing their opinions. So many things happens on the school bus like bullying or harassing other students and not just students doing that to each other but adults doing it as well to students like the bus aides and I just wouldn't want my child to feel uncomfortable. They should be able to experience riding the bus with other students and with other races without any problems.

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I wouldn't be opposed to the idea of having my child be bussed for greater integration, but I don’t know if bussing would be the answer for effective integration. Instead of bussing being a solution for integration, we should perhaps focus on having proper funding in low-income neighborhoods, and access to proper resources, and well qualified, diverse teachers/staff.

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This article was a real eye-opener and provided many surprising facts. One of the most surprising things found in this article was how the South went from the most segregated region to the most integrated region for black children and still remains as a very integrated area. I found this to be very surprising because whenever I think about the South I don’t think about it as a kind of place where there is a lot of integration. It’s very shocking that New York seems like the kind of place that would be very integrated but in reality, it is one of the most segregated places when it comes to education. Regarding that, I also found it very interesting that the white northern people who were watching the south become desegregated decided to work around the policies and allowed the people and politicians to deny the role of racism and cover up the fact that they weren’t trying to desegregate. I think it’s crazy that that kind of mindset is still seen everywhere today. Whenever there is a problem, if you deny that there is a problem you can continue to act oblivious and do things the way you’ve been doing them and also not spend anytime changing anything.
This is seen a lot in the education system, people constantly think that schools are teaching the same things and the education being provided is the same in all school but when more funding is given to predominantly white schools,“better” teachers are hired to work in those schools, and the overcrowding that is seen, this kind of education can’t really be called equal.

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I would not be opposed to my child being bussed to create greater integration. I think if I was having my student be bussed, I would make sure my child is still getting the best education they can, I would not want to jeopardize or put my child’s education at risk. I also would make sure my child actually agrees with the decision as well, I would never want to be the kind of parent that forces theirs opinions and beliefs onto their child without at least hearing their input. I would teach them about the problem that is seen in the education system and encourage them to be a part of the change to create a better society but I would never force them.

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One question I have is If New York and other Northern/ Blue states are still segregated when it comes to education, how come this issue is never discussed in schools? (I only really heard about this after doing my own research and after I entered my education major and was made aware of this problem).

Another question I have is What can really be done about desegregation and integrating schools when neither school officials, people making and enforcing rules for schools or politicians care about the issue and only bring it up when they have something to gain from the situation?

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The author ends the article by stating, “the same people who claim they are not against integration, just busing as the means, cannot tell you what tactic they would support that would actually lead to wide-scale desegregation”. So my question is, have people now proposed a new plan to support integration? Being that this has been going on for decades, will we ever get to a point in time where we offer students proper and equal education?

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What surprised me most about this article was that bussing was used to preserve segregation. When I first heard the word I assumed the opposite. Also the fact that the parents’ taxes were used to fund their children’s lack of a decent education while white kids flourished in better schools. I’m very surprised I wasn’t taught this in school.

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I would want my child to be bussed. Integration should something that is mandated. This gets rid of the tension among race groups. By giving my child the choice, and them possibly saying no, I would be allowing them to grow up ignorant and unaware of other cultures and ethnicities. However, with mandated bussing I believe that there will hatred that comes with seeing different backgrounds.

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I would want my child to be taken to the school with better integration because i feel as though when children are exposed to different people who look differently than them it makes them better people. Under the conditions that the school is better, meaning better teachers better programs and better environment