SIMMONS: Equality in education happening much too slowly

Indeed, U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell signaled last week that he will take into consideration a complaint that black cheerleader and majorette selections are not being judged as fairly as their white counterparts because the black girls were not evaluated by their peers at black colleges.

Interestingly, if it weren’t for choice, New Orleans’ public school system would still be in shambles after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. As things stand now, New Orleans has more charter schools than any other U.S. school district.

And, while the District ranks No. 2 with charters, those schools are fighting for not only public dollars and closed school buildings but playgrounds and athletic facilities, too.

Like the Dixiecrats back in the day, the anti-choice Democratic practices of today, like those supported by the Obama administration and the D.C. mayor’s administration, reflect the new segregationists.

Race-based school policies, however thinly veiled, breathed new life into Jim Crow and effectively re-created de facto school segregation.

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

• Deborah Simmons can be reached at dsimmons@washingtontimes.com.

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