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crankfurry t1_j1w5n3t wrote

Reply to comment by goodsam2 in New York Times says we are nice place by Charlesinrichmond

If you look at data, the north is actually more segregated in schools and housing than the south.

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Charlesinrichmond OP t1_j1wulxf wrote

Old line is south was segregated by law, but lived together, north was integrated by law, but lived apart. Contains truth.

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illixxxit t1_j1wxkow wrote

Connecticut’s schools, for example, are precisely as segregated as those in Georgia — 84% of Black students in mostly minority schools according to Connecticut Public Radio. New York and New Jersey rate in the top ten; Virginia does not.

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goodsam2 t1_j1xrtmw wrote

The other piece is the Pacific Northwest banned black people for awhile there or at least Oregon...

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